ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206313
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 12:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1472 |
| MSN: | GR-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 40 miles east of Great Yarmouth, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell (takeoff at 09:10 hrs) |
| operation - Air Sea Rescue |
Aircraft on ASR to look for Wellington possibly captained by Fg Off Bock. Intercepted by 2 Fw190s and shot down into the sea. The remaining two members of crew were rescued after 6 hours in their dinghy by a ASR launch which was guided to the location by another Wellington from 301 Squadron.
The aircraft was shot down from a height of just 30 metres, by Unteroffizier Günther Kirchner of the 5./JG 1, who was flying an Fw 190A from Amsterdam-Schiphol - (claim) 100 km west of Alkmaar at 12:20.
Crew
Pilot:P-1801/793382 Plt Off Antoni Robert Majcherczyk -
Observer:P-0300 Fg Off Władysław Szymanowski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 70.
Wireless Operator:792964 Sgt Wiktor Jablonski -
Air Gunner:792577 Flt Sgt Andrzej Rudel - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 60.
Air Gunner:781492 Sgt Jan Michał Nowak BEM - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 48.
Sources:
Krzystek's List
301 "Ziemia Pomorska" Squadron Royal Air Force
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1472
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/LuftwaffeVictoriesByNameDatabase/?q=Johannes+AND+Hager&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1942 | R1590 | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Duin en Kruidberg, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Images:
NIMH image bank
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2018 19:32 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2019 20:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-May-2020 20:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 19:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Photo] |
| 17-Feb-2022 07:51 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
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