ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53573
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| Date: | Saturday 3 May 1941 |
| Time: | 04:15 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 305 (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1214 |
| MSN: | SM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gastel, Cranendonck, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Mission:-Emdon. Took off from RAF Syerston at 2140 hrs. Last heard on w/t at 0232 hrs by RAF SEALAND. Shot down by a night-fighter (Lt Reinhold Knacke I./NJG1) and crashed at Budel (Noord Brabant), 20 km SSE of Eindhoven, where those who died are buried in Woensel General Cemetery. This was the first Squadron crew to be reported missing since commencing operations on 25-26 April 1941, when 3 Wellingtons bombed Rotterdam.
Crew
Pilot: P-0065 Fg Off Josef Nogal - Pow/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Pow Number 342.
2nd Pilot: 782331 Sgt Tomaz Kasprrzyk - PoW/Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)/PoW Number 103983.
Observer: P-0090 Plt Off Waclaw Jozef Malak - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot FF Joint Grave 2-3. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 41.
Wireless Operator: 782265 Sgt Tadeusz Jan Zuk - Pow/Stalag 357 Kopernikus/PoW Number 103982
Observer: P-0082 Fg Off Aleksander Jan Jastrzebski - Pow/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 352
Observer: P-0114 Plt Off Mieczyslaw Jozef Ryszkiewicz - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery
Plot FF Joint Grave 2-3. Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt Panel 61.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1019&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 50.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2016 19:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2018 18:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2018 07:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-May-2019 08:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 21-Jun-2022 21:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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