ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50444
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:08 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV282 |
| MSN: | BH-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Bernse Stoomgemaal at Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
| Aachen |
Take off at 00:16 hrs for a bombing operation against the Rothe Erde railway yards at Aachen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Rökker of the 2./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 from Eindhoven airfield. This was Rokker's 24th victory.
Crew
Pilot: 780879 Sgt Jerzy Kazimierz Koziolek PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 11./Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 33.
2nd Pilot: P-2320 Plt Off Witold Osika PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E row 6 Grave 12./Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 50.
Flight Engineer: 78060 Sgt Marian Myszor PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 10/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 47.
Navigator: P-2330 Plt Off William Wisdom Tapp (USA) PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 14./Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 72.
Bomb Aimer: 783084 Sgt Bernard Jankowski PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 13/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 24.
Wireless Operator: P-2263 Flt Lt Wladyslaw Szymanksi PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 15/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 70.
Mid Upper Gunner: 780896 Flt Sgt Ludwik Maciejewski PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 16./Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 40.
Rear Gunner:704723 Sgt Jan Duchaczek PAF - Polish Field of Honour Cemetery Breda Plot E Row 6 Grave 9/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 13.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3731&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Polish Graves
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2020 21:42 | Glog | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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