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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:02 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1281 |
| MSN: | SM-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chaussée de Tongres, Wihogne, Juprelle, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Saarbrücken in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Stanislaw Konrad Turski PAF P/1580 [Killed]
Sergeant Kazimierz Maciej Gorny PAF P/780991 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Jan Tadeusz Klocek PAF P/720 [Killed]
Sergeant Jan Stanislaw Korepta PAF P/783164 [Killed]
Sergeant Czeslaw Poniatowski PAF P/781551 [Killed]
All lie in a collective grave at the Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium (50.848680 / 4.706292)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1281
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 11:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 29-Jun-2025 06:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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