Date & Time: Apr 23, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 440 Wellington X
Operator:
Registration:
HE291
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Saint-Nazaire
Loire-Atlantique
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
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 2049LT on April 22 to lay mines off Saint-Nazaire. Over the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Eugeniusz Przysiecki, pilot,
Sgt Janusz Josef Belina-Prazmowski, observer,
Sgt Ireneusz Debowski,
Sgt C. Krelowski,
Sgt T. Szeremeta.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.