ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244421
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:49 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1250 |
| MSN: | BH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Wellington Z1250: Took off at 18:39 hrs for a bombing operation against Kiel (G). 13/10/1942
On the return flight, vanished over the North sea.
Probably, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 12./NJG 1, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in NL (claim) sea 35 km northwest of Texel (Salzhering): 3,600m at 23:49 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (Pilot) WOJCIK DFC Josef (P.76650) PAF - killed
Sgt (2.Pilot) BRYCH Ryszard (P.783077) PAF - killed
P/O (Nav.) JANAS Stanislaw K. (P.1847) PAF - killed
Sgt (WOp) WILCZYNSKI Zenon (P.781183) PAF - killed
Sgt(FG) LAGONSKI Jerzy (P.783106) PAF - killed
Sgt(RG) PECZKOWSKI Wojciech (P.793713) PAF - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1250
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 January 1942 | Z1265 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 6 | Clipstone 5 miles NE of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | Z1320 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Friesland |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 08:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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