Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1244,
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Date:Sunday 26 July 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: Z1244
MSN: BH-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Ingham
Narrative:
Operation - Duisburg, Germany.
The aircraft was damaged by a German night fighter in the Nijmegen (the Netherlands) area, aircraft crashed during landing at RAF Ingham. Sergeant S. Janek died in the aircraft. The rest of the crew suffered superficial wounds.

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1244
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-May-2020 16:53 TigerTimon Added
22-Oct-2020 21:36 Glog Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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