Date & Time:
Feb 3, 1943 at 2219 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
BK511
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1813LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 5 km off Vlieland Island. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Pawel Bolesław Marciniszyn, pilot,
Sgt Walerian Zielinski, pilot,
F/O Stefan Kalina, observer,
Sgt Jozef Karol Matelowski, wireless operator,
Sgt Feliks Lazowski, air gunner,
Sgt Zenon Sienkiewicz, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Pawel Bolesław Marciniszyn, pilot,
Sgt Walerian Zielinski, pilot,
F/O Stefan Kalina, observer,
Sgt Jozef Karol Matelowski, wireless operator,
Sgt Feliks Lazowski, air gunner,
Sgt Zenon Sienkiewicz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
