Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV near Skovby: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 11, 1942 at 2315 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R1585
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1837LT on a mine laying operation over the Baltic Sea. Passing over Denmark at night, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Hyttekobbel Forest located near Skovby. The pilot was killed and four other occupants became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Marian Blachowski, pilot, †
F/O J. Stachurski,
Sgt T. M. Kowalski,
Sgt Z. Turuta,
Sgt K. Molewicz.
Crew:
Sgt Marian Blachowski, pilot, †
F/O J. Stachurski,
Sgt T. M. Kowalski,
Sgt Z. Turuta,
Sgt K. Molewicz.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
