Incident Avro Lancaster Mk I PA160,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158389
 
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Date:Monday 15 January 1945
Time:03:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: PA160
MSN: BH-E
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Faldingworth UK
Destination airport:RAF Faldingworth
Narrative:
Mission : Leuna. Took off from RAF Faldingworth 1916 hrs to bomb an oil refinery. Returned to base and was flying down wind when it hit the ground at 0325 hrs near Goltho Hall in the airfield circuit. Four of the crew were injured, one seriously, though none are named in the squadron records.
Crew
Fg Off M Kozubski PAF
Sgt A Jackowski PAF
Plt Off A Kosciukiewicz PAF
Sgt E Micko PAF
Sgt M Perlak PAF
Sgt G Sigall PAF
Sgt T Niemiec PAF

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 46.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Aug-2013 15:41 JINX Added
19-Feb-2015 17:56 Jixon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
21-May-2016 06:06 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Feb-2018 17:19 Nepa Updated [Operator]
05-Feb-2020 20:23 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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