ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169834
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| Date: | Monday 20 April 1942 |
| Time: | 23:58 |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V9976 |
| MSN: | NF- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kreuth South Bavaria, Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Gibraltar Farm |
The plane crashed into the Blue Mountains under mysterious circumstances.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Ryszard Zygmuntowicz PAF [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Wing Commander Walter Ronald Farley DFC RAF 29089 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer James Ansford Pulton RAFVR 78688 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 June, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Bronislav Karbowski PAF [Killed]
Sergeant Czeslaw Madracki PAF [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Antoni Henryk Voellnagel PAF [Killed]
Sergeant Leon Wilmanski PAF [Killed]
Sergeant Miecyslav Wojciechowski PAF [Killed]
Passenger : Agent Franz Loschl (Agent) [Killed]
Passenger : Agent Lorenz Mraz (Agent) [Killed]
Agents on board flight were Franz Löschl, underground cover name Donner Franz; and Lorenz Mraz, underground cover names Moritz Lorenz and Hofstädter Lorenz.. These were Austrian Marxists who were veterans of the Spanish Civil War and agents of Stalin
Agents were members of the OeFF(Oesterreichischen Freiheitsfront) in Moscow: Lorenz MRAZ (as Ing Rudolf HOFSTAEDTLER) and Franz LOESCHEL (as Maschinentechniker Franz MAYER). Both agents were also killed and buried with the crew.
Sources:
http://www.tempsford.20m.com/v9976.html
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2014 17:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:10 | Repac | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2017 17:06 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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