ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52820
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:16 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1331 |
| MSN: | GR-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer, E of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell |
Takeoff at 23:18 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen 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.
None of the crew survived:
Pilot:P-0218 Fg Off Daniel Plawski - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 55.
Co-Pilot:P-76772 Fg Off Jan Kozak - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 32
Navigator:P-0355 Fg Off Paweł Jan Wybraniec - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery B 9 (Found IJsselmeer near Lighthouse Marken)/Polish war Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 79.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:P-780641 Flt Sgt Jan Czerwonka PAF Amsterdam New Easter Cemetery B 15 (Found at IJsselmeer near Uitdam)/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 11.
Air Gunner:P-784965 Sgt Kazimierz Andrzej Podgorski PAF Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery B 12 (Found at Volendam Harbour/Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 55.
Air Gunner:P-793030 Sgt Roman Radecki - Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 58.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1581&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Krzystek's List
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | Z1331 | 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF | 0 | 50-60 miles east of Harwich, Essex, England |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2017 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2018 19:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2018 19:58 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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