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Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
Time: | 01:32 |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LM487 |
MSN: | BH-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South Edge of Krefeld-Dressen, Nord Rhein-Westfalen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Mission to Dortmund,
Credited to Feldwebel Hans Kugler, V./JG 300, as his 3rd victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Wilhelm Adler PAF P/1746 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kazimierz Feliks Kozanecki PAF P/780049 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Mieczyslaw Jozef Bergner PAF P/2097 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Stanislaw Antoni Chabrowski PAF P/784982 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kazimierz Jankowiak PAF P/704737 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Kazimierz Nawratil PAF
Air Gunner : Sergeant Leon Winkiel PAF P/792294 [Killed]
Sgt Nawratil's fate is unknown, he is not listed as a casualty on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or as a PoW. Possibly an evader?
Sources:
Theo Boiten: Nachtjagd 1944 Part 3, p. 020.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-May-2023 21:30 |
redsix |
Added |
29-May-2023 09:47 |
Nepa |
Updated |
19-Apr-2024 06:44 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
19-Apr-2024 06:53 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Narrative] |