Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II near Blyton
Date & Time:
May 6, 1942 at 0543 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W5573
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2208LT on May 5 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following morning, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed in an open field located 3 km northeast from Blyton. All six crew members escaped with various injuries.
Crew:
P/O Tadeusz Ginter, pilot,
F/O Kazimierz Zygmunt Wieliczko, pilot,
F/O Zbigniew Antoni Siarkowski, pilot,
Sgt Marian Kita, pilot,
Sgt Roman Marian Galewicz, observer,
Sgt Józef Borowiak, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Tadeusz Ginter, pilot,
F/O Kazimierz Zygmunt Wieliczko, pilot,
F/O Zbigniew Antoni Siarkowski, pilot,
Sgt Marian Kita, pilot,
Sgt Roman Marian Galewicz, observer,
Sgt Józef Borowiak, air gunner.
