Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Slootdorp: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 6, 1942 at 0121 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1467
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
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.
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.
