Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III LM487,
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Date:Tuesday 23 May 1944
Time:01:32
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: LM487
MSN: BH-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:South Edge of Krefeld-Dressen, Nord Rhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Faldingworth
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mission to Dortmund,
Credited to Feldwebel Hans Kugler, V./JG 300, as his 3rd victory.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Wilhelm Adler PAF P/1746 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kazimierz Feliks Kozanecki PAF P/780049 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Mieczyslaw Jozef Bergner PAF P/2097 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanislaw Antoni Chabrowski PAF P/784982 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kazimierz Jankowiak PAF P/704737 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Kazimierz Nawratil PAF
Air Gunner : Sergeant Leon Winkiel PAF P/792294 [Killed]

Sgt Nawratil's fate is unknown, he is not listed as a casualty on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or as a PoW. Possibly an evader?

Sources:

Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 020.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 February 1945 PB722 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 2 Leverkusen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-May-2023 21:30 redsix Added
29-May-2023 09:47 Nepa Updated
19-Apr-2024 06:44 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]
19-Apr-2024 06:53 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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