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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1245 |
| MSN: | SM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woenselsestraat street, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Takeoff at 20:45 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Siegfried Wandam of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Jan Pytlak PAF P/780702 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Lieutenant Antoni Wladyslaw Kiewnarski PAF P/109 [PoW, died later]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Feliks Gawlak PAF P/781591 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Tomasz J Frankowski PAF 782235 [PoW, escaped]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Jozef Janik PAF P/781970 [Killed]
Three of the crew rest in the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214); F/Lt Kiewnarski lies at the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland (52.418934 / 16.932297)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1797&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 18:55 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2020 14:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Nov-2024 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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