Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1495,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52456
 
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Date:Wednesday 25 November 1942
Time:13:28
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1495
MSN: BH-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:edge of barracks camp near Guurtjeslaan 16, Bergen, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ingham, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 11:46 hrs for an Offensive Patrol to Essen in Germany.

The aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845 (o)) and 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 764 (o); crashed.

Pilot / Sgt. W. Kazimierczak 784069 PAF / prisoner of war
Observer / F/O. J. Gerstel P-0034 PAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. J. Skonieczny 792624 PAF / prisoner of war; died from injuries 6 Feb 43 / buried Berlin
Front Gunner / Sgt. S. Ablamowicz 784359 PAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / Sgt. C. Gebaczka 784359 PAF / Bergen cemetery

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1915
http://www.ww2.dk/

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 May 1942 Z1183 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 5 sea west of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
9 July 1942 Z1489 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 1 North Sea 16 miles off Great Yarmouth w/o
29 June 1943 HZ438 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF 5 Biezenstraat, Kortrijk-Dutsel, Flemish Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
24-Nov-2017 21:00 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Feb-2018 17:12 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
05-Feb-2020 15:11 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
04-Nov-2020 11:08 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Sep-2022 18:10 TigerTimon Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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