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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1270 |
| MSN: | BH-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea beach at Westerland on Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:37 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Kratz of the II./NJG 2 and was force-landed on Sylt island.
One of the gunners, Podporucznik Strzelec (Pilot Officer) Bolesław Boguszewski, succumbed to his injuries.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1270
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2020 17:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Oct-2020 21:37 | Glog | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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