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

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1942
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Registration:
Z1482
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Survivors:
No
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Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While engaged in an operation to France, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Campigny, some 7 km southwest of Bayeux. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Henryk Nowakowski, pilot,
Sgt Florian Kornafel, radio operator,
P/O Jan Rysztok, observer,
Sgt Jan Karna, air gunner,
Sgt Henryk Zachel, air gunner.