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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5463 |
| MSN: | SM-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, probably off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
| RAF Lindholme |
Mission : Koln. Took off from RAF Lindholme at 21:19 hrs. Presumed lost over the North Sea. Four members of the crew are buried in cemeteries in Belguim and Holland, while Sgt Przeclawski and Sgt Wardenski have no know graves. On 18th August, a pigeon from this bomber returned to RAF Lindholme at 08:30 hrs, but no message was attached that may have indicated the fate of this Wellington and its crew.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Stanislaw Przeclawski PAF 0 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Jan Plachta PAF P/793615 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Alfons Miondlikowski PAF P/776 [Killed]
Sergeant Edward Majewski PAF P/783042 [Killed]
Sergeant Stanislaw Stankiewicz PAF P/793182 [Killed]
Sergeant Feliks Wardenski PAF [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 121.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 07:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 30-Dec-2017 05:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 18:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 07:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Oct-2025 06:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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