Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1183 , Monday 4 May 1942
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Date:Monday 4 May 1942
Time:02:32 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1183
MSN: BH-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:sea west of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:operation - Hamburg
Narrative:
Hit by the 1. & 2./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 247; crashed.

Crew
Pilot:P-0144 Flt Lt Wacław Wolski - +
Pilot:780693 Sgt Stanisław Lis PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW
Observer:76827 Fg Off Norbert Andrzej (Lewalth) Lewald-Jezierski - +
Wireless Operator:782441 Sgt Zygmunt Samulski - +
Air Gunner:781399 Flt Sgt Bogusław Nowicki - +
Air Gunner:780726 Sgt Josef Erdt - +

Sources:

CWGC
Krzystek's List
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2017 23:32 Red Dragon Added
17-Feb-2018 17:05 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
05-Feb-2020 09:47 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]
02-May-2022 18:04 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-May-2022 18:05 TigerTimon Updated [Location, ]
02-May-2022 18:05 TigerTimon Updated [Location, ]

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