ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268376
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1277 |
| MSN: | GR-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Maldeghem Airfield, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Wellington Z1277/Z: Took off at 18:47 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim (G). 07/11/1941
On return, landed at Maldeghem due to fuel shortage. All six were taken prisoner of war at 08/11/1941
Crew:
Sgt H Bolcewicz (Polish), Sgt Z Lenczewski (Polish), F/O W Kolanowski (Polish), Sgt A Szcscpanowski (Polish), Sgt B Wroblewski (Polish), Sgt T Moryn (Polish): POW
Aimé De Rijck lived at Maldeghem airfield and remembered it very well during an interview in February 2006:
"At night, the area was guarded by soldiers with sheepdogs. One of them saw the aircraft land on the runway and ran to the guardroom to inform his colleagues. But there (on the corner of the present Krommewegestraat and Industrielaan) nobody was ready - everybody was asleep or sitting somewhere else. The next day, the Germans had a good time.
The plane was rolled to one of the arch-hangars and exhibited there. A lot of people from Maldegem were allowed to come and have a look - they were told that it was an aircraft that had been captured during the Polish campaign of September 1939, probably to cover up the story of the abandoned guard post.
In the afternoon, the occupiers no longer appreciated the interest, and everyone was kept away from the arch-hangar. And on Monday the Wellington was refuelled, taxied to the runway and took off, heading for Germany."
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5651&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Belgium%20and%20Luxembourg.pdf
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-z1277-op-maldegem
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 October 1942 | Z1255 | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF | 4 | south of Het Koegras polder at Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2021 08:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2021 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2022 10:46 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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