*Teddy Blenkinsop, a Canadian 'unsung hero', was an exceptional young bomber pilot who displayed extraordinary bravery and leadership skills during trying times. Unfortunately, he did not survive the war; S/L E. W. 'Teddy' Blenkinsop died of tuberculosis in the Bergen-Belsen concentation camp in Germany.
*On 28 April 1944 he had been the pilot of 405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft which was on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium; the Lancaster was shot down by a German night fighter, crashing near Webbekom in Belgium and taking the lives of his seven aircrew mates. S/L Blenkinsop was the sole survivor of the crash.
His fellow aircrew members were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
*He joined and worked with the French underground, but was captured with 70 locals when the Germans organized a razzia at Mensel-Kiezegem. A prisoner, he was a forced labourer in a Hamburg factory.
Military Service:-
Rank: Squadron Leader
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3467
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours/Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Son of Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop and Winsome Hazel Blenkinsop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Squadron Leader Edward Weyman Blenkinsop DFC is commemorated on Page 496 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A road in North Victoria, British Columbia has been named in memory of S/L E. W. Blenkinsop.
"One Who Almost Made It Back" is a book about the life of Teddy Blenkinsop, written by Peter Celis of Belgium.
*Teddy Blenkinsop, a Canadian 'unsung hero', was an exceptional young bomber pilot who displayed extraordinary bravery and leadership skills during trying times. Unfortunately, he did not survive the war; S/L E. W. 'Teddy' Blenkinsop died of tuberculosis in the Bergen-Belsen concentation camp in Germany.
*On 28 April 1944 he had been the pilot of 405 Squadron's Pathfinder Force Avro Lancaster (#JA976) aircraft which was on an air operation over Montzen, Belgium; the Lancaster was shot down by a German night fighter, crashing near Webbekom in Belgium and taking the lives of his seven aircrew mates. S/L Blenkinsop was the sole survivor of the crash.
His fellow aircrew members were-
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold ALLEN DFC,
RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander BOOTH,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney BRADLEY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh CLIFFORD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur FOSTER,
RCAF Flight Lieutenant David RAMSAY DFC and
RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John SMITH.
*He joined and worked with the French underground, but was captured with 70 locals when the Germans organized a razzia at Mensel-Kiezegem. A prisoner, he was a forced labourer in a Hamburg factory.
Military Service:-
Rank: Squadron Leader
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/3467
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 'City of Vancouver' RCAF Squadron, Pathfinder Force; Gransdon Lodge (No. 8 Group base) in Cambridgeshire
[MOTTO: Ducimus ('We Lead")]
Honours/Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Son of Hubert Weyman Blenkinsop and Winsome Hazel Blenkinsop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Squadron Leader Edward Weyman Blenkinsop DFC is commemorated on Page 496 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A road in North Victoria, British Columbia has been named in memory of S/L E. W. Blenkinsop.
"One Who Almost Made It Back" is a book about the life of Teddy Blenkinsop, written by Peter Celis of Belgium.
Inscription
1945
ROYAL CANADIAN
AIR FORCE
SQUADRON LEADER
BLENKINSOP E. W., D. F. C.
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