Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1405
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2346LT on July 21 on an operation to Duisburg. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashes somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
P/O Harry Ludomir Bock, pilot,
P/O Wiktor Lipowczan, observer,
Sgt Jan Pawlak, wireless operator,
P/O Adam Kazimierz Glowacki, air gunner,
Sgt Michal Barteczko, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Borger: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1314
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Borger
Drenthe
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2312LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Borger. An air gunner was killed while four other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/Cdr Maksymilian Longin Brzozowski, pilot,
F/O Stanisław Atenski, observer,
P/O Michał Benoit, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanisław Kedzierski, air gunner, †
Sgt Stanisław Marek Kowalczyk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Urk: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1204
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Urk
Overijssel
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2325LT on July 2 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer off Urk. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Teofil Jerzy Kubiak, pilot,
Sgt Zdzisław Czapski, pilot,
F/O Henryk Krasnodebski, navigator,
Sgt Longin Pokra, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanisław Lugowski, air gunner,
Sgt Marian Józef Lozinski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Westeraccumersiel

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1942 at 0240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1479
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Westeraccumersiel
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2340LT on an operation to Bremen. After passing the German coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in shallow water off Westeraccumersiel. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
W/C Stanisław Michał Krzystyniak, pilot,
F/O Jerzy Prasniewski, pilot,
P/O Paweł Wilhelm Tobolski, navigator,
Sgt Marian Karol Przybylski, wireless operator,
Sgt Jarosław Szymankiewicz, air gunner,
Sgt Julian Stanisław Kwiatkowski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Terschelling: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1942 at 0315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1345
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
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 2333LT on June 22 on an operation to Emden. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea some 18 km off Terschelling. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Zbigniew Jan Franciszek Dubas, pilot,
P/O Wacław Stanisław Michalik, observer,
F/Sgt Jerzy Kazimierz Kapa, wireless operator,
Sgt Zdzisław Zygmunt Twarkowski, air gunner,
Sgt Józef Alojzy Meller, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Borkum Island: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1942 at 0227 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
R1390
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Borkum Island
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2354LT on June 6 on an operation to Emden. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Borkum Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Mieczysław Eugeniusz Bober, pilot,
F/Lt Mieczysław Kowalowka, pilot,
F/O Stanisław Powierza, observer,
Sgt Florian Sapiecha, wireless operator,
W/O Józef Podgorzak, air gunner,
Sgt Tadeusz Szykowny, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Slootdorp: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0121 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1467
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Slootdorp
North Holland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2336LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Slootdorp, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Franciszek Andrzej Witakowski, pilot,
Sgt Sykstus Marian Lewkowicz, pilot,
F/O Fidelis Józef Lukasik, navigator,
Sgt Zygmunt Nogaj, wireless operator,
P/O Andrzej Kulakowski, air gunner,
Sgt Jan Danik, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV into the IJsselmeer: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1942 at 0116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1331
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
IJsselmeer
Netherlands
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2318LT on June 5 on an operation to Essen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Daniel Plawski, pilot,
F/O Jan Kozak, pilot,
F/O Paweł Jan Wybraniec, navigator,
F/Sgt Jan Czerwonka, wireless operator,
Sgt Kazimierz Andrzej Podgorski, air gunner,
Sgt Roman Radecki, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Postel: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1942 at 0050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
R1615
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Postel
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2353LT on June 2 on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Postel, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Wincenty Glowacki, pilot,
F/O Stefan Leopold Alojzy Praschill, pilot,
F/O Rajmund Kiwacz, observer,
Sgt Jarosław Zalewski, wireless operator,
P/O Jan Halastra, air gunner,
Sgt Wacław Żeligowski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Bracht: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
HF891
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Bracht
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
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 2243LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Just passing the Netherlands/German border, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bracht. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Lang Tweedie, pilot,
W/O James Arthur Nutt, observer,
P/O Marian Eustachiewicz, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Arnold Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Walter Straigis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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