ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52495
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:03 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1475 |
| MSN: | BH-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hazeldonk, Langeweg, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham |
Takeoff at 18:40 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Stefan Machat of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2, flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
All five are commemorated on the Northolt Memorial. Four of the crew are buried at Bergen op Zoom cemetery (buried as unknown):
Pilot / Sgt. C. Szymen 784051 PAF
Observer / F/O. P. Sobolewski P-1256 PAF
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. S. Piatek 784660 PAF
Front Gunner / F/Sgt. M. Mielnik 793975 PAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. L.J. Bialy 794993 PAF
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1882A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
hhttp://www.aircrewremembered.com/LuftwaffeVictoriesByNameDatabase/?q=Machat&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exactttp://www.polishwargraves.nl/ned/z1475.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 February 1943 | BK511 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 5 km W of Vlieland, Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2014 12:51 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2017 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-Feb-2020 11:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2020 17:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2022 06:38 | redsix | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Sep-2022 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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