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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:24 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9620 |
| MSN: | NZ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuweweg, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
| RAF Lindholme |
Mission: Emden. Took off from RAF Lindholme at 2305 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld 4./NJG1) and crashed 0224 hrs at Opperdoes (Noord Holland), 3 km SW of Medemblik
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Leszek Jerzy Karczewski PAF P/336 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Zygmunt Witkowski PAF P/780144 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Stanislaw Wincenty Rzepa PAF P/764 [Killed]
Flying Officer Jan H G Musial PAF P/1374 [Killed]
Sergeant Boleslaw Salmon PAF [Killed]
Sergeant Zbigniew Zuwala PAF P/780720 [Killed]
F/O Rzepa rests at the Bergen General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.677925 / 4.710805) and the other four casualties lie at the Hook Of Holland General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.982374 / 4.124248)
Sources:
Royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 102.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1139&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
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 |
| 02-May-2016 18:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jun-2025 06:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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