ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158386
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 1944 |
| Time: | 00:05 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PA163 |
| MSN: | BH-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lovns Bredning bay -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth UK |
Took off from RAF Faldingworth at 21:08 hrs for an operation against Stettin. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed into Lovns Bredning W of Alestrup. Flt Lt Wasik (Polish Air Force) was thrown from his cockpit as the Lancaster exploded and, thus, set off on his second evasion (Vol 3 Page 82). His crew are buried at Alestrup Churchyard.
Crew (All Polish Air Force)
Flt Lt W P Wasik (Evaded)
Sgt W Cent (Killed On Active Service)
Fg Off M W Pretkiewicz (Killed On Active Service)
Flt Sgt J J Rutkiewicz (Killed On Active Service)
Flt Sgt J Stolowski (Killed On Active Service)
Flt Sgt J Madracki (Killed On Active Service)
Flt Sgt Z Kardasiewicz (Killed On Active Service)
The aircraft was shot down by Oberfeldwebel Schmitt of the 3./NJG 7, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88G.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 405.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wasik-waclaw.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.histsamling.dk/56267969&prev=search
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944120.shtml
https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20121121045349/http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1944/wasik.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1944 | PB252 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 5 | Montizeau, Lailly-en-Val, Loiret département |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2013 15:41 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Feb-2015 17:55 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Jul-2016 11:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2021 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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