ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244653
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1401 |
| MSN: | BH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais 62 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Wellington Z1401: Takeoff at 17:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim (G). 06/12/1942
The missing Wellington Z1401 was shot down by flak near Boulogne on return from Mannheim.
The aircraft was engaged by heavy (schwere) and light (leichte) Flak; crashed near Boulogne.
Crew:
Porucznik Stanislaw CICHOWICZ (P/1301) PAF - killed
Kapral Zdzislaw DERULSKI (P/793486) PAF - killed
Kapral Jozef FURMANIAK (P/780860) PAF - killed
Starszy Szeregowiec Adam KOZAKIEWICZ (P/703029) PAF - killed
Kapral Boleslaw SAPKO (P/781680) PAF - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3812
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2020 20:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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