Date:	Friday 26 June 1942
Time:	05:00
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:	18 OTU RAF
Registration:	DV765
MSN:	XW-N
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Lollum, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bramcote
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The battle-damaged aircraft was put down in an emergency-landing near Lollum. Just before the landing, the Wimpey was engaged by light (leichte) Flak of the 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 306.
All five were taken prisoner of war:

Pilot:P-83138 Sgt Józef Eugeniusz Laudan PoW
Navigator:P-0615 Fg Off Kajetan Ludwik Borantynski PoW
Bomb Aimer:P-784279 Sgt Alojzy Pozorski PoW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:P-781417 Sgt Czesław Rajpold PoW -
Air Gunner:P-794588 Sgt Wacław Kowalik PoW

Sgt Rajpold died in POW camp on 26 Aug 1943. He is buried at Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
28-Jun-2017 17:55	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jan-2018 18:13	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
20-Feb-2018 17:40	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
01-May-2020 20:01	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2022 07:20	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]