ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204706
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:17 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1256 |
| MSN: | BH-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Riepe, Ihlow, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham |
| Emden |
Takeoff at 23:47 hrs for an operation to Emden in Niedersachsen.
Claimed by Oblt Rudolf Schoenert 4./NJG2 - 1.5km North West of Georgshell (Luchs): 2,800m at 01:17.
Also claimed by M. Flak Abt 236 (“Vickers Wellington near Simonswolde 02:00”) Flak claim credited as 24th victory to M. Flak 236. Confirmation date victory for Oblt Schoenert unknown
Five of the crew were intially buried at Brackeswalde and one at Wittmund.
Crew
Pilot:P/783089 Sgt Jan Kropacz - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row E Grave 13. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 34
Pilot:P/340 Fg Off Josef Tomaszewski - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row E Grave 11. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 72.
Observer:P/76726 Fg Off Konrad Jezewski - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row E Grave 16. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 26.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:P/780902 Sgt Stanislaw Mielcarek - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row F Joint Grave 1-2. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 44.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:P/794213 Sgt Stanislaw Kaczmarczyk - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row E Grave 12. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 27.
Air Gunner:P/783942 Sgt Kazimierz Blaszczak - Sage War Cemetery Plot I Row F Joint Grave 1-2. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 5.
Sources:
CWGC
(Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1256
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-33021.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | R1640 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 0 | North Sea 40 miles off Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 18 August 1942 | Z1409 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 1 | Emlichheim, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 15:58 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2019 20:02 | Marie Helena | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2019 18:43 | Marie Helena | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Feb-2020 11:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 19:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2020 19:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Aug-2020 16:44 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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