ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53273
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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:24 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 304 (Ziemia Slaska) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9620 |
| MSN: | NZ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuweweg, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lindholme |
| RAF Lindholme |
Mission: Emden. Took off from RAF Lindholme at 2305 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld 4./NJG1) and crashed 0224 hrs at Opperdoes (Noord Holland), 3 km SW of Medemblik. Sgt Rzepa is buried in Bergen General Cemetery: the rest have been interned at Hoek van Holland.
Crew
Fg Off L J Karczewski (KIA)
Sgt Z Witkowski (KIA)
Fg Off S W Rzepa (KIA)
Sgt Z Zuwala (KIA)
Sgt B Salamon (KIA)
Fg Off J H G Musial (KIA)
Sources:
Royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 102.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1139&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 1941 | R1443 | 304 (Land of Silesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 40 km SW off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | Z1082 | 304 (Land of Silesia) Sqn RAF | 6 | Waddenzee near Terschelling, Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 18:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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