Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Villers-la-Ville: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0214 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z1088
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2135LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Villers-la-Ville, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O Ryszard Zygmunt Szczurowski, pilot,
F/O Edward Kowalski, observer,
F/Sgt Zdzisław Stanisław Pieczyński, wireless operator,
Sgt Stefan Ferenc, air gunner,
Sgt Wincenty Garbacz, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Ryszard Zygmunt Szczurowski, pilot,
F/O Edward Kowalski, observer,
F/Sgt Zdzisław Stanisław Pieczyński, wireless operator,
Sgt Stefan Ferenc, air gunner,
Sgt Wincenty Garbacz, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
