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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:24 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HE347 |
| MSN: | SM-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 's Gravenwezel, Schilde, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying Bf 110 G-4 D5+CH from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Takeoff time: 23:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Stanislaw Krzysztof Szpalinski PAF P/782788 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Leopold B Makarski PAF P/780898 [Killed]
Warrant Officer Antoni Fried PAF P/794590 [PoW]
Pilot Officer Stanislaw Gasecki PAF 2115 [Evaded]
Flying Officer Roman Paczkowski or Raczkowski PAF [PoW]
All lie at the Schoonselhof Cemetery, Belgium (51.166083 / 4.368341)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HE347
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 09:23 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2018 14:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Nov-2022 09:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 06:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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