ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52791
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Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
Time: | 02:32 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z8339 |
MSN: | SM-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Portlanderdijk, Heeten, Overijssel -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Emden in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Herbert Lütje & Unteroffizier August Bogumil of the 8./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AS from Twente airfield.
Those who did not survive rest at Raalte cemetery:
Pilot: 782821 Sgt Alojyz Pawel Gusowski - Raalte General Cemetery Raalte General Cemetery War Grave Plot 4/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 21.
Navigator: P-0444 Fg Off Henryk Aleksander Jankiewicz - Raalte General Cemetery War Grave Plot 1/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 24.
Wireless Operator: 793732 Sgt Kazimierzj Jan Ardelli - Raalte General Cemetery Raalte General Cemetery War Grave Plot 2/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: P-0962 Flt Lt Stefan Boleslaw Madejczyk - PoW/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 39674.
Air Gunner: 794273 Sgt Marian Swiderski - Raalte General Cemetery Raalte General Cemetery War Grave Plot 3/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 71.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z8339&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Jun-2017 08:50 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Feb-2018 18:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
25-May-2019 18:36 |
Anon. |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
30-Apr-2020 19:40 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2022 09:08 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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