ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233314
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | NG501 |
| MSN: | BH-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zülpicher Straße - Gottfried Straße at Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 07:14 hrs for an operation to Köln.
The aircraft was hit by enemy fighters and crashed. The crew rests at five cemeteries throughout Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. W. Wyganowski P-0847 PAF / Hotton War Cemetery in Luxembourg province, Belgium
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Filek 780727 PAF / Lommel Polish War Cemetery in Limburg province, Belgium
Navigator Sgt. E. Kulikowski 704443 PAF / Lommel Polish War Cemetery in Limburg province, Belgium
Bomb Aimer P/O. J. Babiarz P-2732 PAF / Lommel Polish War Cemetery in Limburg province, Belgium
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. J.R. Horobiowski 705005 PAF / Reichswald War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Air Gunner F/Sgt. B.M. Filipiak 705000 PAF / Venray War Cemetery in Limburg province, the Netherlands / initially buried American Cemetery at Margraten, Limburg province
Air Gunner Sgt. S. Chetnicki 704989 PAF / Breda Polish War Cemetery in Noord-Brabant province, the Netherlands / initially buried Margraten cemetery in Limburg province, reburied at Amersfoort in Utrecht province, the Netherlands
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5335A
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Faldingworth
Google Maps
Media:
Polish airman buried at Hotton from 300 Sq RAF #WW2 pic.twitter.com/sW25WuO3T7
— Paul Reed (@sommecourt) June 5, 2013Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2020 11:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Feb-2020 14:19 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 13:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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