ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201639
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25D Mitchell Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 111 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | FV952 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Bimini Island -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nassau-Windsor Field RAF |
On 23 November 1943 six Czechoslovak airmen took off from Nassau, Bahamas, for a night navigational training flight aboard the Mitchell II FV952 of 111 OTU RAF but failed to return. Their bomber was hit by lightning and crashed into sea off Bimini without survivor. No one was washed ashore. they are commemorated by four bronze panels at the Lych gate entrance to the Nassau War Cemetery, and also on the Ottawa Memorial, Canada.
Crew (all killed):
W/O Miroslav Styblik (čs.pilot, born on 10/06/14, Rozdalovice, Nymburk)
Sgt Rupert Krupica (čs.pilot, born on 23/01/17 at Chvalcov, Kroměřiž)
F/O Josef Šimandl (čs.navigator trainee, born on 08/10/14 at Česke Budějovice)
Sgt Adolf [Petr] Oplatka [Brdský] (čs.wireless operator, born on 28/05/21 at Praha)
Sgt Pavel Fuchs (čs.wireless operator/air gunner, born on 29/05/16 at Rakovnik)
Sgt Hanus Tomek [Treulich] (čs.wireless operator/air gunner, born on 21/07/19 at Pardubice)
Sources:
https://fcafa.com/2012/01/06/not-forgotten-bahamas-2/
http://www.svazletcu.cz/en/News/65/Nassau-War-Cem.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimini
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2017 08:31 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 28-Jan-2020 15:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2020 19:52 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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