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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1258 |
| MSN: | BH-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langeweg road, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, UK |
Takeoff at 20:29 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, presumably a Ju 88 C-6 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield (NJG 2).
All five rest at Rotterdam.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Stanislaw Waszkiewicz PAF P/76615 [Killed] grave LL 2 19-21
Sergeant Jan Wojciech Horoch PAF P/794285 [Killed] grave LL 1 17
Sergeant Borys Karol Sawczuk PAF P/781411 [Killed] grave LL 2 19-21
Flying Officer Jerzy Aleksander Wierzbicki PAF P/1047 [Killed] grave LL 2 22
Sergeant Edward Kazimierz Zakielarz PAF P/784108 [Killed] grave LL 2 19-21
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1821&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 26-May-2020 12:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2024 14:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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