Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1377,
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Date:Thursday 26 February 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1377
MSN: GR-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:unknown -   Unknown country
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Floating Docks Kiel. Lost without trace. All the crew are commemorated on the Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt.

Crew
Pilot: Fg Off Jan Jablonski +
2nd Pilot: Plt Off Andrzej Koziel +
Observer: Fg Off Franciszek Fugiel +
Air Gunner: Sgt Wincenty Bujak +
WOp/Air Gunner: Sgt Karol Jozef Drozdzil +
Air Gunner: Sgt Edmund Dolata +

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
Aircrew Remembered
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Nov-2017 21:27 Red Dragon Added
18-Oct-2018 16:59 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
15-Feb-2022 10:12 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source]
02-Jun-2023 12:16 TB Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Source]]

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