Date & Time: Sep 24, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1476
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Atlantic Ocean
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 1904LT on September 23 to lay mines in the French waters off Lorient. The airplane failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Atlantic Ocean. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt T. Sekowski, pilot,
F/O R. Rodzynkiewicz, navigator,
F/O L. Ostaszewski, observer,
Sgt A. Prucheniewicz, wireless operator,
Sgt Antoni Ostrowski, air gunner.