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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1265 |
| MSN: | BH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Clipstone 5 miles NE of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Took off from RAF Hemswell at 17:48 for Hamburg. Homebound the aircraft encountered severe icing. It crashed due to engine failure at Clipstone 5 miles NE of Mansfield Nottinghamshire. All the crew are buried in the Polish plot at Newark Cemetery. They are also commemorated on the Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jan Bak PAF P/76826 [Killed]
Crew : Pilot Officer Stefan Berdys PAF P/1541 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Franciszek Chylewski PAF P/792071 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Pawer Konaad Krenzel PAF P/780831 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Marian Wajceech Lagodzinski PAF P/784658 [Killed]
Crew : Flying Officer Waclaw Mosiewicz PAF P/1156 [Killed]
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2017 15:44 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 15-Jan-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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