ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159507
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB854 |
| MSN: | BH-I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Target: Cologne (Koln) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
Avro Lancaster PB854 (BH-I) of 300 (Polish) Sqn, RAF. Took off from Faldingworth, Lincolnshire, at 07.10. Failed to Return as shot down by AAA on mission to Cologne (Koln). All 7 crew (all Polish nationals) KIA:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Mikolaj Kirkilewicz PAF [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norbert Wieckowski PAF [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Adam Boleslaw Nieszkodny PAF P/2226 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Edward Szymanski PAF [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Mikolaj Kulik PAF [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Stanislaw Cwenar PAF [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Jozef Mrozinski PAF [Killed]
Nieszkodny A. B. buried in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery at Kleve, Germany. Sierż. Mroziński J., kpr. strz. Cwenar S. and kpr. Szymański E. have been buried in the Polish War Cemetery at Lommel in Belgium.
Missed in action and mentioned on the Polish Memorial at Northolt:
Kirkilewicz Mikolaj
Kulik Michał
Więckowski Norbert
There have been buried in Lommel in the graves III.B.11 and in II.F.11 Unknown Airmen who were killed 2.3.1945. One is buried next to Czwenar S.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/300/300_losses.html
3. http://www.polishwargraves.nl/lom/pb854.htm
4. http://lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
5. http://www.faldingworthmemorials.co.uk/Home/h-drozdz-diary
6. https://en.valka.cz/topic/view/18166
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 02:43 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Dec-2014 06:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2014 06:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2015 18:00 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2020 12:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Feb-2020 11:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Embed code] |
| 02-Mar-2024 08:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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