Son of Brigadier-General Leonard Shadwell Blackden, C.B.E. and Mary Helen Blackden, M.B.E. (nee Pike), of Marden, Kent.
Three brothers killed in action (KIA)
Vyvian Quentery Blackden WWII -
VQBlackden
His Brother Walter Anthony Seton Blackden MIA. Also Fell In The 1939-1945 War.
WalterAnthony
His Brother Arthur Worsley Blackden Fell In The 1914-1918 War.
ArthurWorsley
Husband of Dorothea Mercy Blackden (nee Rowe), of Horam, Sussex.
Siblings:
1. Second Lieutenant Arthur Worsley Blackden 1898-1916 KIA-MIA
2. John Franklyn Blackden 1899-1991
3. William Leonard Blackden 1901-1990
4. Paul Chalfont Blackden 1902-1979
5. Pilot Vyvian Quentery Blackden 1907-1941 KIA
6. Flight Lieutenant Walter Anthony Seton Blackden 1913-1941 KIA-MIA
Military service Number: 16236.
Wing Commander, Royal Air Force, 12 Sqdn.
Died at Age 34.
Operation Emden.
Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. Weissenfled was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions.
All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries.
Vivian was the pilot of the British Wellington bomber #W5375 that on a mission to Emden North West Germany was shot down by a German night-fighter into the Ijsellmeer Lake near Harderwijk, Central Netherlands killing all 6 crew members.
Three brothers killed in action (KIA)
Vyvian Quentery Blackden WWII -
VQBlackden
His Brother Walter Anthony Seton Blackden MIA. Also Fell In The 1939-1945 War.
WalterAnthony
His Brother Arthur Worsley Blackden Fell In The 1914-1918 War.
ArthurWorsley
Husband of Dorothea Mercy Blackden (nee Rowe), of Horam, Sussex.
Siblings:
1. Second Lieutenant Arthur Worsley Blackden 1898-1916 KIA-MIA
2. John Franklyn Blackden 1899-1991
3. William Leonard Blackden 1901-1990
4. Paul Chalfont Blackden 1902-1979
5. Pilot Vyvian Quentery Blackden 1907-1941 KIA
6. Flight Lieutenant Walter Anthony Seton Blackden 1913-1941 KIA-MIA
Military service Number: 16236.
Wing Commander, Royal Air Force, 12 Sqdn.
Died at Age 34.
Operation Emden.
Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. Weissenfled was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions.
All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries.
Vivian was the pilot of the British Wellington bomber #W5375 that on a mission to Emden North West Germany was shot down by a German night-fighter into the Ijsellmeer Lake near Harderwijk, Central Netherlands killing all 6 crew members.
Son of Brigadier-General Leonard Shadwell Blackden, C.B.E. and Mary Helen Blackden, M.B.E. (nee Pike), of Marden, Kent.
Three brothers killed in action (KIA)
Vyvian Quentery Blackden WWII -
VQBlackden
His Brother Walter Anthony Seton Blackden MIA. Also Fell In The 1939-1945 War.
WalterAnthony
His Brother Arthur Worsley Blackden Fell In The 1914-1918 War.
ArthurWorsley
Husband of Dorothea Mercy Blackden (nee Rowe), of Horam, Sussex.
Siblings:
1. Second Lieutenant Arthur Worsley Blackden 1898-1916 KIA-MIA
2. John Franklyn Blackden 1899-1991
3. William Leonard Blackden 1901-1990
4. Paul Chalfont Blackden 1902-1979
5. Pilot Vyvian Quentery Blackden 1907-1941 KIA
6. Flight Lieutenant Walter Anthony Seton Blackden 1913-1941 KIA-MIA
Military service Number: 16236.
Wing Commander, Royal Air Force, 12 Sqdn.
Died at Age 34.
Operation Emden.
Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. Weissenfled was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions.
All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries.
Vivian was the pilot of the British Wellington bomber #W5375 that on a mission to Emden North West Germany was shot down by a German night-fighter into the Ijsellmeer Lake near Harderwijk, Central Netherlands killing all 6 crew members.
Three brothers killed in action (KIA)
Vyvian Quentery Blackden WWII -
VQBlackden
His Brother Walter Anthony Seton Blackden MIA. Also Fell In The 1939-1945 War.
WalterAnthony
His Brother Arthur Worsley Blackden Fell In The 1914-1918 War.
ArthurWorsley
Husband of Dorothea Mercy Blackden (nee Rowe), of Horam, Sussex.
Siblings:
1. Second Lieutenant Arthur Worsley Blackden 1898-1916 KIA-MIA
2. John Franklyn Blackden 1899-1991
3. William Leonard Blackden 1901-1990
4. Paul Chalfont Blackden 1902-1979
5. Pilot Vyvian Quentery Blackden 1907-1941 KIA
6. Flight Lieutenant Walter Anthony Seton Blackden 1913-1941 KIA-MIA
Military service Number: 16236.
Wing Commander, Royal Air Force, 12 Sqdn.
Died at Age 34.
Operation Emden.
Airborne 2230 Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0059 in the IJsselmeer. Weissenfled was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions.
All bodies were recovered and taken for burial in various Dutch cemeteries.
Vivian was the pilot of the British Wellington bomber #W5375 that on a mission to Emden North West Germany was shot down by a German night-fighter into the Ijsellmeer Lake near Harderwijk, Central Netherlands killing all 6 crew members.
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