Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Sibbertoft: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5374
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1732LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base in the evening, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Sibbertoft, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Eugeniusz Jerzy Baracz,
F/O Czeslaw S. Golacki,
Sgt Szeregowiec Zdzisław Kurowski,
Cpt Alfons Antoni Szymon Nowak,
Sgt Henryk Rozpara,
P/O Jan Siwiec.