ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52911
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 04:10 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1098 |
| MSN: | KX-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boshoven, Weert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Took off at 22:25 hrs for Dortmund in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Walter Schienbein of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Those who did not survive rest at Eindhoven in Noord-Brabant:
Pilot: 787616 Sgt Vladimír Para PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 6446.
Pilot: Sgt Oldřich Havlik - Eindhoven(Woensel)General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 48.
Navigator: 82535 Fg Off Milan František Zapletal PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 6445
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Josef Talab - Eindhoven(Woensel)General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 49.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Pavel Varjan - Eindhoven(Woensel)General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 50.
Air Gunner: 787271 Sgt Jaroslav Klvaňa PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW Number 244.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1480&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
ORB 311 Sqn RAF
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Apr-2017 22:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2017 16:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 08:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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