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| Date: | Tuesday 13 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:49 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1250 |
| MSN: | BH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Wellington Z1250: Took off at 18:39 hrs for a bombing operation against Kiel (G). 13/10/1942
On the return flight, vanished over the North sea.
Probably, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 12./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in NL (claim) sea 35 km northwest of Texel (Salzhering): 3,600m at 23:49 hrs.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Jozef Wojcik DFC PAF P/76650 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Ryszard Brych PAF P/783077 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Stanislaw Janas PAF P/1847 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Zenon Wilczynski PAF P/81183 [Killed]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Jerzy Lagonski PAF P/783106 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Wojciech Peczkowski PAF P/793713 [Killed]
All are remembered at the Polish Memorial, Northolt (51.548730 / -0.400127)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1250
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 08:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 08:22 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
| 08-Feb-2025 07:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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