ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52920
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:23 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8838 |
| MSN: | KX-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Molenweg, Middenmeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Took off at 22:01 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who had left Leeuwarden airfield in Bf 110 R4+EC.
The crew were initially buried in Huisduinen Military Cemetery. Later they were re-interred in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery:
Pilot: 787177 Sgt J Kalensky - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 5-6
2nd Pilot: 787261 Sgt K Kodes - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 5-6
Navigator: 82632 Fg Off K Rychnovsky - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 5-6
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 787872 Sgt J Peprnicek - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 5-6
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 787875 Sgt J Politzer - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 11
Air Gunner: 787310 Flt Sgt J Hrdina - Bergen op Zoom 31 A 5-6
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1474
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Dutch Airwar Study Group 1939-1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Apr-2017 07:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2017 20:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 17-Apr-2020 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2020 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 06:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 00:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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