Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC R1696,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53354
 
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Date:Thursday 19 June 1941
Time:00:58
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1696
MSN: SM-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Streekweg road, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Syerston
Destination airport:RAF Syerston
Narrative:
Mission-Bremen. Took off from RAF Syerston. Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-0 G9+EM from Bergen airfield. Crashed 0058 hrs in the Polder Het Grootslag at Hoogkarspel (Noord Holland), 6 km WSW at Einkuizen. Fg Off Zebebecki is buried in Bergen General Cemetery, while Sgt Rogowski rests in the Polish Field of Honour at Breda in the province of Noord-Brabant:

Sgt S Lewek pow
Sgt E Olenyn pow
Plt Off K Jaklewicz pow
Sgt K Debowski pow
Fg Off K Zebebecki +
Sgt H Rogowski + Died of his wounds

Sources:

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 68.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Apr-2016 06:37 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Feb-2018 18:28 Nepa Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator]
05-Nov-2018 18:04 Anon. Updated [Cn, Narrative]
17-Jun-2019 20:03 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]

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