Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Serinchamps: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
W5593
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme in the evening of August 5 on an operation to Frankfurt. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Serinchamps. Three crew members were killed, one became PoW and two others evaded.
Crew:
S/L S. Scibior, pilot,
Sgt M. Kowalski,
Sgt Wacław Rybak, †
F/O Mieczysław Julian Saferna, †
F/O Jerzy Jan Stanisław Sukiennik, †
Sgt S. Tomicki.
Crew:
S/L S. Scibior, pilot,
Sgt M. Kowalski,
Sgt Wacław Rybak, †
F/O Mieczysław Julian Saferna, †
F/O Jerzy Jan Stanisław Sukiennik, †
Sgt S. Tomicki.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
