Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1265,
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Date:Friday 16 January 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1265
MSN: BH-K
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Clipstone 5 miles NE of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Took off from RAF Hemswell at 17:48 for Hamburg. Homebound the aircraft encountered severe icing. It crashed due to engine failure at Clipstone 5 miles NE of Mansfield Nottinghamshire. All the crew are buried in the Polish plot at Newark Cemetery. They are also commemorated on the Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Jan Bak PAF P/76826 [Killed]
Crew : Pilot Officer Stefan Berdys PAF P/1541 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Franciszek Chylewski PAF P/792071 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Pawer Konaad Krenzel PAF P/780831 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Marian Wajceech Lagodzinski PAF P/784658 [Killed]
Crew : Flying Officer Waclaw Mosiewicz PAF P/1156 [Killed]

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
5 September 1942 Z1320 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 5 North Sea off Friesland mis
13 October 1942 Z1250 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 6 Missing - North Sea mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2017 15:44 Red Dragon Added
23-Dec-2017 17:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
17-Feb-2018 16:55 Nepa Updated [Operator]
05-Feb-2020 20:31 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
17-Feb-2022 13:24 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
15-Jan-2024 08:02 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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