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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 05:00 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 18 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV765 |
| MSN: | XW-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lollum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bramcote |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The battle-damaged aircraft was put down in an emergency-landing near Lollum. Just before the landing, the Wimpey was engaged by light (leichte) Flak of the 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Jozef Eugeniusz Laudan PAF P/783138 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Czeslaw Rajpold PAF P/781417 [PoW, died later]
Flight Lieutenant Karol Boratynski PAF P/615 [PoW]
Warrant Officer Waclaw Kowalik PAF P/794588 [PoW]
Warrant Officer Antoni Pozorski PAF P/784279 [PoW]
Sgt Rajpold died in POW camp on 26 Aug 1943. He is buried at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1642&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Find A Grave
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
18 OTU
Krzystek's List
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jan-2018 18:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 01-May-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 07:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2025 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2025 05:57 | Juan Pablo Kowalik | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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