Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV off Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog: 5 killed
Date & Time:
May 4, 1942 at 0232 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1183
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell at 2255LT on May 3 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog. Five crew members were killed and a sixth became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Wacław Wolski, pilot, †
Sgt Stanisław Lis, pilot,
F/O Norbert Andrzej Lewald-Jezierski, observer, †
Sgt Zygmunt Samulski, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Bogusław Nowicki, air gunner, †
Sgt Josef Erdt, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Lt Wacław Wolski, pilot, †
Sgt Stanisław Lis, pilot,
F/O Norbert Andrzej Lewald-Jezierski, observer, †
Sgt Zygmunt Samulski, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Bogusław Nowicki, air gunner, †
Sgt Josef Erdt, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
