Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Vejle: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 8, 1942 at 2230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1343
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ingham - Ingham
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 1854LT to lay mines in the Carrots area off Denmark's east coast. It crash in unknown circumstances into the Vejle fjord. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Ludomir Kazimierz Borowicz, †
Sgt Z. Rausinski, †
Sgt Stefan Tadeusz Chmielewski,
W/O Mieczysław Zdzisław Dadej,
Sgt J. Cieszynski-Nalecz, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Ludomir Kazimierz Borowicz, †
Sgt Z. Rausinski, †
Sgt Stefan Tadeusz Chmielewski,
W/O Mieczysław Zdzisław Dadej,
Sgt J. Cieszynski-Nalecz, air gunner. †
