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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 00:57 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HF606 |
| MSN: | BH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, UK |
Takeoff at 23:09 for an operation to Wuppertal.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Günther Radusch of the Stab II./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Stanislaw Jawoszek PAF P/784058 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Karol Jan Obrycki PAF P/916 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Eugeniusz Bartosiak PAF P/781725 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Franciszek Skoskiewicz PAF P/781577 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Sergiusz Jacewicz PAF P/784500 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HF606
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 12:49 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 22-Dec-2018 11:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 09:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Jun-2024 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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