Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1942 at 0310 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2223LT on an operation to Essen. After being badly damaged by a German fighter near the Dutch coast, the crew decided to return to base but was eventually forced to ditch the airplane off Cromer. All six crew members were injured and rescued.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Mieczysław Czołowski, pilot,
Sgt Brunon Maleika, pilot,
F/O Jan Jezycki, observer,
Sgt Marian Zajac, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski, air gunner,
Sgt Kazimierz Wziątek, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Tadeusz Mieczysław Czołowski, pilot,
Sgt Brunon Maleika, pilot,
F/O Jan Jezycki, observer,
Sgt Marian Zajac, wireless operator,
Sgt Czesław Poniatowski, air gunner,
Sgt Kazimierz Wziątek, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
