Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5590 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203128
 
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Date:Monday 4 May 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: W5590
MSN: SM-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea approx 146 miles east of Mablethorpe (Lincolnshire) -
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lindholme
Destination airport:operation - Hamburg, Germany
Narrative:
Hit by Flak of the 3. Flak-Division while flying over the Elbe estuary. Subsequently ditched in the North Sea approx 146 miles East of Mablethorpe. The crew were rescued by a MTB which reached them at 09:00.


Pilot:P-0747 Fg Off Franciszek Tadeusz Skarpetowski
Pilot:P-0515 Fg Off Zenon Giedryś
Navigator:P-0935 Fg Off Aleksander Krawcewicz
Wireless Operator:792854 Sgt Mieczysław Pasik
Air Gunner:781742 Sgt Zdzisław Pisarek
Air Gunner:781970 Sgt Józef Janik

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
Krzystek's List
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 April 1942 Z8586 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF 2 Wroot 9 miles E of Doncaster; South Yorkshire, England sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Dec-2017 18:34 Red Dragon Added
16-Feb-2018 18:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport]
02-May-2022 18:09 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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