ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53349
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| Date: | Monday 23 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:13 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2990 |
| MSN: | KX-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kostverloren polder near Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham, Norfolk |
| RAF East Wretham |
Mission-Bremen. Took off from RAF East Wretham at 2316 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-0 G9+EM from Bergen airfield) and crashed 0213 hrs in the Kostverloren Polder at Nieuwe Niedorp (Noord-Holland), 14 km NE of Alkmaar. Those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The wreckage of the plane was excavated in June 2021.
Crew
Flt Sgt B Bufka (pilot) - POW
Flt Sgt A Rozum (KIA)
Plt Off V Konštacky (KIA)
Plt Off L Smrček (KIA)
Sgt J Hejna (KIA)
Flt Sgt Valach (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 73.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2382385-opgraven-van-bommenwerper-met-bemanning-in-kop-van-noord-holland-begonnen
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 1940 | L7844 | 311 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Oosterwolde, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2016 18:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2019 05:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2021 15:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2022 18:38 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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