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Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Hemelingen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1941 at 0227 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
W5726
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston in the evening of July 14 on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hemelingen. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Antoni Burak,
Cpt Jerzy Janota-Bzowski,
Sgt Czesław Kaczalski,
Lt Antoni Zenon Lisinski,
Sgt Stanisław Aleks Mitkowski,
2nd Lt Jan Ostrowski.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.