ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202424
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:50 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1230 |
| MSN: | NZ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kessel, Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
Takeoff at 22:04 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 5 minutes & shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Pilot: 784142 Flt Sgt Józef Janik - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Grave Ref. 27.G.11/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 24.
Pilot: 782888 Sgt Jerzy Józef Solecki PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24784.
Observer: P-0658 Plt Off Bolesław Piwowarek PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 36.
Wireless Operator: 792070 Sgt Zenon Klus PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 792070.
Air Gunner: 781487 Sgt Tadeusz Kazimierz Moszyński PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW Number 173.
Air Gunner: 781440 Sgt Wacław Walukiewicz PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW Number 185.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Krzystek's List
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1230+
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 19:21 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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