Accident Vickers Wellington Mk X JA116,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51424
 
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Date:Tuesday 31 August 1943
Time:04:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: JA116
MSN: BH-Q
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kethel, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Potthast of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden or Bergen airfield.

Takeoff time: 00:39
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. L.B. Osmialowski P0111 PAF Rotterdam L1 2 55
Navigator F/Lt. A. Steininger P1026 PAF Rotterdam L1 1 54
Bomb aimer P/O. S. Swiech P2051 PAF Rotterdam L1 1 55
Wo ag Sgt. M.J. Zabal P784044 PAF Rotterdam L1 2 56
Air gunner Sgt. F.J. Buda P780664 PAF Rotterdam L1 2 54

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2860&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 June 1942 R1725 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
27-Aug-2018 14:30 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Oct-2018 12:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 15:21 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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