ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159563
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PD257 |
| MSN: | BH-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kleinfurra -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth UK |
| RAF Faldingworth |
Mission to Zeitz. Took off from RAF Faldingworth at 1748 hrs to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant. Crashed at Kleinfurra some 10 km SSW from the centre of Nordhausen. Those who died were buried in Kleinfurra Friedhof but since the cessation of hostilities, their remains have been taken to Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
Crew
WO R Bakinowski PAF (POW)
Sgt K T Tomasik PAF (POW)
Sgt S Seidengart PAF (POW)
Plt Off P Matuszewski PAF (KIA)
Sgt M Piotrowski PAF (KIA)
Sgt M Sasin PAF (POW)
Sgt A Smoczkiewicz PAF (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1945 Page 50.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2013 15:22 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Feb-2015 17:57 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-May-2016 16:15 | Red Dragon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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