Date & Time:
Aug 28, 1942 at 2245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1491
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2000LT on an operation to Saarbrücken. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rummen. Three crew members became PoW and three others evaded.
Crew:
F/O Wladysław Gandor,
W/O Jan Michal Uramowski,
F/O Edward Mucha,
F/O Stanisław Swida,
P/O Joseph Tyszko,
Sgt Antoni Marian Wasiak.
Crew:
F/O Wladysław Gandor,
W/O Jan Michal Uramowski,
F/O Edward Mucha,
F/O Stanisław Swida,
P/O Joseph Tyszko,
Sgt Antoni Marian Wasiak.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
