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Date: | Monday 5 November 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PD383 |
MSN: | BH-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Tyrrhenian Sea, off Corsica -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bari, Italy |
Destination airport: | RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Avro Lancaster PD383 (BH-Z) of 300 ("Ziemi Mazowieckiej") Squadron RAF. Lost 5-11-1945 with 20 passengers on board, and a crew of 7 a/c perished somewhere along its route from Italy to England, reportedly into the Tyrrhenian Sea, off Corsica. Cause unknown.
Crew of Lancaster PD383:
F/Sgt Nowak,
F/Sgt Pietrzak,
F/Sgt Szumski,
F/Sgt Skibinski,
F/Sgt Warcholek,
F/Sgt Antoszczyszyn all KIAS
The 20 passengers are all named in link #3.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3.
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/300/300_losses.html 4.
http://aircrewremembered.com/warcholek-bronislaw.html 5.
https://en.valka.cz/topic/view/18166/300-polska-perut-RAF-1940-1947 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Aug-2013 20:13 |
JINX |
Added |
19-Feb-2015 18:02 |
Jixon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
11-Jun-2016 19:31 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location] |
10-Oct-2018 01:47 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Feb-2020 20:27 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |