Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK150,
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Date:Friday 5 March 1943
Time:21:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: BK150
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:4 km northwest of Weeze -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Oblt. Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Target: Essen
Call Sign: BH-Q
Takeoff time: 19:31
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Jan Jankowski PAF P/53 Killed
Crew : Sergeant Zygmunt Abramik PAF P/794398 PoW
Crew : Sergeant Mieczyslaw Wozniak PAF PoW
Crew : Sergeant Chester Antony Zaleski PAF P/782047 PoW
Crew : Flying Officer Kazimierz Jan Romaniszyn PAF P/882 PoW

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/19986-BK1501943-03-06.html
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/300/300_losses.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Mar-2018 15:53 TigerTimon Added
12-Oct-2018 12:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Feb-2020 20:27 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
25-Jan-2024 19:20 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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