Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Weeze: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1943 at 2120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK150
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Weeze
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
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 1931LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Weeze. The pilot was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Jan Jankowski, pilot, †
Sgt Zygmunt Abramik,
Sgt Mieczysław Wozniak,
F/O Kazimierz Jan Romaniszyn,
Sgt Chester Antony Zaleski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Weeze: 8 killed

Date & Time: Dec 20, 1942 at 1945 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT570
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Weeze
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1741LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Weeze. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Raymond Newport Peace, pilot,
W/O Edmund George Jones, pilot,
Sgt Denison Brierley, flight engineer,
Sgt Cecil Robert Ray, navigator,
Sgt Jack Edgar Novelli Warner, observer,
Sgt Leonard Edward Herbert, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick Gilder, air gunner,
F/Sgt Austin Roy O'Dell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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