Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Barrowby: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1943 at 0440 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1272
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Barrowby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 0330LT on a mine laying operation off Brest, France. A bit more than an hour into the flight, while cruising at night, the airplane flew into a tree and crashed in Barrowby. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O F. K. Krawczyk, pilot,
Sgt Karol Zygmunt Dutkiewicz,
P/O A. J. Plusa,
Sgt J. F. Laskowski,
Sgt S. Dorosz, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in Barrowby: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 2120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
R4+NL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0351
Location:
Barrowby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Passing over Grantham at night, the bomber collided with a Royal Air Force Airspeed Oxford that was completing a training flight with a crew of two on board. The JU.88 dove into the ground and crashed near Barrowby, west of Grantham. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans Hahn, pilot,
Uffz Ernst-Wilhelm Meissler,
Uffz Helmuth Scheidt, mechanic.
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