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| Date: | Saturday 14 March 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8438 |
| MSN: | SM-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme, South Yorkshire |
| RAF Lindholme |
Wellington Z8438/B: Takeoff at 19:22 hrs for Night bombing mission. 14/03/1942
Aircraft was hit by flak on an operational flight to bomb Cologne and on the return to Lindholme the aircraft overshot and struck a building belonging to the airfield's rifle range. The resulting crash caused the aircraft to catch fire, and although two airmen were pulled clear one later died in Doncaster hospital.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Czeslaw Rymkiewicz PAF P/518 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Mieezyslaw Kazimierz Dranicki PAF P/1796 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Stanislaw Marian Ostaszewski PAF P/93 [Fatal Injury]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Eugeniusz Bala PAF P/780721 [Killed]
Sergeant Mieczyslaw Galas PAF 0
Sergeant Waclaw Sasin PAF P/781342 [Killed]
Sources:
Krzsytek's List
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z8438
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2017 19:00 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 16-Feb-2018 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2022 22:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 24-Mar-2022 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 13-Mar-2024 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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