Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC R1365,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53355
 
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Date:Thursday 19 June 1941
Time:02:34
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1365
MSN: GR-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Swinderby
Destination airport:RAF Swinderby
Narrative:
Mission-Bremen. Took off from RAF Swinderby at 2224 hrs. Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+NM from Leeuwarden airfield. Crashed 0234 hrs into the sea off Terschelling.
Crew
Plt Off J P Krassowski (KIA)
Sgt R Bonkowski (KIA)
Fg Off K Bernas (KIA)
Sgt S Franaszczuk (KIA)
Sgt M Manasia (KIA)
Sgt A Wagner (KIA)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1063&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 68.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 June 1942 Z1345 301 (Ziemi Pomorskiej) Sqn RAF 5 North Sea 18 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Apr-2016 06:37 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Apr-2016 06:37 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn]
25-Apr-2016 18:47 Red Dragon Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 16:58 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
17-Jun-2019 20:09 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 23:04 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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