Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV R1725,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195994
 
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Date:Tuesday 9 June 1942
Time:02:16
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1725
MSN: BH-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 20 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, UK (takeoff at 23:17 hrs)
Destination airport:Essen, Germany
Narrative:
Claimed by Oblt Ludwig Becker 6./NJG2 - Sea 25km West of Texel (Tiger): 5,100m at 02:16.
Crew:
Pilot:P-0313 Flt Lt Marian Stanisław Michalowski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 44.
Co-Pilot:P-0308 Fg Off Franciszek Tadeusz Malec - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 41.
Navigator:P-1436 Fg Off Aleksander Jan Paszkowski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 52.
Wireless Operator:793014 Sgt Julian Keryluk - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 28.
Air Gunner:794249 Sgt Edmund Polak - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 56.
Air Gunner:793239 Sgt Leon Ignacy Zalewski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 80.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1595B
Krzystek's List
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 August 1943 JA116 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 5 Kethel, Zuid-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jun-2017 20:26 TigerTimon Added
13-Jan-2018 16:18 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
17-Feb-2018 17:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
05-Feb-2020 15:02 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
29-Apr-2020 17:39 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage]
15-Jun-2022 05:32 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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