Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Fromelennes
Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0148 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1276
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2200LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over France, it was intercepted and shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Fromelennes, near the Belgian border. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Jan Mieczysław Fusinski, pilot,
P/O Wacław Piotr Wasik, pilot,
F/O Tadeusz Wawerski, observer,
Sgt Aleksander Małecki, wireless operator,
Sgt Mieczysław Sierpina, air gunner,
Sgt Stefan Miniakowski, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Jan Mieczysław Fusinski, pilot,
P/O Wacław Piotr Wasik, pilot,
F/O Tadeusz Wawerski, observer,
Sgt Aleksander Małecki, wireless operator,
Sgt Mieczysław Sierpina, air gunner,
Sgt Stefan Miniakowski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
