ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202527
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:30 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1379 |
| MSN: | GR-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off West Flanders coast -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Takeoff at 21:43 hrs for an operation to Dortmund in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Alois Lechner of the Einsatzstaffel E./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
Pilot: P-1575/783495 Plt Off Mieczysław Rzemyk (American) - Middelkerke Communal Cemetery : Service Plot Row B Grave 24. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 61.
Pilot: P-0535 Flt Lt Stanisław Antoni Reyman - Injured. He was hospitalised. Repatriated on the Letitia on 2 February 1945.
Observer: 76830 Fg Off Zdzisław Franciszek Zamoyski - Ostende New Communal Cemetery Plot IX Row 4 Grave 25. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 80.
Wireless Operator: 781549 Sgt Janusz Piotr Truszkowski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 73.
Air Gunner: 781661 Sgt Stanisław Niewiadomski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 48.
Air Gunner: 793865 Sgt Edward Wojan PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). PoW Number 188.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
301 "Ziemia Pomorska" Squadron Losses
CWGC
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1379+
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 March 1942 | Z1257 | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 22:38 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 31-Jan-2018 01:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 08-Apr-2022 19:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2022 05:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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