Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Wihogne: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 28, 1942 at 2302 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1281
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell in the evening of August 28 on an operation to Saarbrücken. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wihogne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Cpl Kazimierz Maciej Gorny,
Lt Jan Tadeusz Klocek,
Cpl Jan Stanisław Korepta,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski,
Sgt Stanisław Konrad Turski.
Crew:
Cpl Kazimierz Maciej Gorny,
Lt Jan Tadeusz Klocek,
Cpl Jan Stanisław Korepta,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski,
Sgt Stanisław Konrad Turski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
