ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52757
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:37 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 18 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T2612 |
| MSN: | XW-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoekweg road, Andijk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bramcote |
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, 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.
All five rest at Bergen general cemetery:
Pilot:P-1611 Plt Off Maksymilian Niemczyk - Bergen General Cemetery Plot I Row C Grave 15/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 48.
Navigator:P-1431 Fg Off Zygmunt Wieczorek - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 21/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 76.
Bomb Aimer:792755 Sgt Alexsander Rozdzynski - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row B Grave 1/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 60.
Air Gunner:782395 Sgt Stanislaw Wolski Bergen General Cemtery Plot 1 Row B Grave 2/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 78.
Air Gunner:794437 Sgt Wloozimierz Jerzy Mikos - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row C Grave 14/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 45.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1641
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jun-2017 06:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 18:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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