ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52776
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Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1942 |
Time: | 03:15 |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z1345 |
MSN: | GR-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 18 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:33 hrs for an operation to Emden in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 and crashed.
Crew:
Pilot:P-0932 Plt Off Zbigniew Jan Franciszek Dubas - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 59. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 13.
Observer:P-1371 Plt Off Wacław Stanisław Michalik - Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery Grave 78.Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 44.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:781276 Flt Sgt Jerzy Kazimierz Kapa - Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery Grave 78. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 27.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:792054 Sgt Zdzisław Zygmunt Twarkowski - Ulrum General Cemetery De Marne Grave 7. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 73.
Air Gunner:794275 Sgt Józef Alojzy Meller - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Plot VII Row J Grave 6. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 44.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1623 Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 June 1941 |
R1365 |
301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
6 |
North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-Jun-2017 13:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
20-Jan-2018 22:46 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
20-Jan-2018 22:50 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
20-Jan-2018 22:51 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Operator] |
18-Oct-2018 17:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
01-May-2020 10:04 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jun-2022 23:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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