ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202827
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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:37 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9829 |
| MSN: | NZ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ems estuary near Pilsum, Krummhörn, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
Takeoff at 22:14 hrs for an operation against Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Intercepted by Hauptmann Schütze & Feldwebel Hagmeier of the 4./NJG 2, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield at 01:45 hrs, in Bf 110 C-4 R4+AM - (claim) River Ems near Pilsum 15km NW Emden at 03:37. Hagmeier was shot through the upper arm and shoulder in return fire and entered hospital. The Messerschmitt landed back at Wittmund at 03:46 hrs, where the damage was assessed as 10%.
The Wellington crashed at the mouth of the River Ems.
Pilot: P-0608 Fg Off Jan Tadeusz Kwak - Sage War Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 5. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 37.
Pilot: P-1717 Plt Off Lech Stanisław Dzierzbicki - Sage War Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 9. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 14.
Observer:P-0043 Flt Lt Stanisław Marian Wojcik DFC - Sage War Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 8. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 79.
Bomb Aimer:782335 Sgt Władysław Jankowski - Sage War Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 7. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 25.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:780835 Sgt Lucjan Jan Stanisław Wozniak - Sage War Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave 6. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 78.
Air Gunner:P-0831 Fg Off Stanisław Zieleniewski - Sage War Cemetery Plot X, Row D, Grave 13. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 81.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Krzystek's List
www.polishwargraves.nl
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9829&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
GQM (#6-9); Balss, MV, page 67
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2017 15:54 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2022 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2022 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2022 07:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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