ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52915
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:53 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1213 |
| MSN: | BH-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boekel - Venhorst; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 21:43 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The five who did not survive rest at Eindhoven:
Pilot: P780146 Sgt Wladyslaw Zalejko - +
Co-Pilot: P782926 Sgt Jan Alojzy Kuczak - PoW
Navigator: P1336 Fg Off Poitr Pajer - +
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: P784864 Sgt Wladyslaw Strzelczyk - +.
Wireless Operator: P781601 Sgt Konrad Lubojanski - +
Air Gunner: P783597 Sgt Josef Balucki - +
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z1213&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Krzystek's List
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1941 | W5666 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea 100 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Apr-2017 11:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2017 19:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2020 14:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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