ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52720
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1314 |
| MSN: | GR-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | farm at the Koesteeg road, Borger, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Takeoff at 23:12 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed behind a farm at the Koesteeg.
The survivors were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:P-1059 Wg Cdr Maksymilian Longin Brzozowski PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 464.
Observer:P-1147 Fg Off Stanisław Atenski PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 39676.
Wireless Operator:P-1540/783427 Plt Off Michał Benoit PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 461.
Air Gunner:780181 Sgt Stanislaw Kedzierski - Breda Polish Military Cemetery Plot 9 Row 1 Grave 1/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 28.
Air Gunner:792234 Sgt Stanisław Marek Kowalczyk PoW Stalag Kopernikus. PoW Number 24972.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1672
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/brzozowski-maksymilian.html
Krzystek's List
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1941 | R1492 | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Eerste Exloërmond, Drenthe | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jul-2017 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2018 19:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 13:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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