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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1204 |
| MSN: | BH-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer N of Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Altendorf of the 2./NJG 3, who had taken off from Vechta airfield in Germany.
Aircraft & crew borrowed from 301 "Ziemia Pomorska" Squadron Royal Air Force
Pilot:792432 Flt Sgt Teofil Jerzy Kubiak - +
Co-Pilot:782344 Sgt Zdzisław Czapski - +
Navigator:P-1206 Fg Off Henryk Krasnodebski -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:793111 Sgt Longin Pokra+nt - +
Air Gunner:783877 Sgt Stanisław Lugowski - +
Air Gunner:794284 Sgt Marian Józef Lozinski - +
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1671
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
Krzystek's List
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jul-2017 14:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2018 18:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 15:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2020 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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