Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Châtel-Censoir
Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0037 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W5627
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2134LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Châtel-Censoir. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Julian Morawski, pilot,
P/O Jan Teofil Waciński, observer,
Sgt Bolesław Woźniak, navigator,
Sgt Bohdan Piotr Rusław Lipski, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Polesinski, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Julian Morawski, pilot,
P/O Jan Teofil Waciński, observer,
Sgt Bolesław Woźniak, navigator,
Sgt Bohdan Piotr Rusław Lipski, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward Polesinski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
