ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159456
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB722 |
| MSN: | BH-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leverkusen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth UK |
Mission to Dortmund. Took off from RAF Faldingworth at 2142 hrs. Hit by flak and blew up over Bergisch-Gladbach. Flt Lt Konarzewski PAF and Sgt Modrany PAF are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. On arriving in the United Kingdom, Sgt Picho PAF was taken to RAF Hospital Wroughton.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Jan Konarzewski PAF P/76636 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Wladyslaw Jakimowicz PAF [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Stanislaw Modrany PAF P/704308 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Roman Burkacki PAF P/72222 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Tomasz Picho PAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Sgt Aleksander Gorczycki PAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Zygmunt Raczynski PAF [PoW]
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 83.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 1944 | LM487 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 6 | South Edge of Krefeld-Dressen, Nord Rhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 20:03 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Feb-2015 17:59 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 27-May-2016 06:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2024 08:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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