Date & Time:
Apr 24, 1942 at 0337 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
X9829
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 2214LT on April 23 on an operation to Rostock. Approaching the German coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the mouth of the River Ems, off Pilsum. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Jan Tadeusz Kwak, pilot,
P/O Lech Stanisław Dzierzbicki, pilot,
F/Lt Stanisław Marian Wojcik, observer,
Sgt Władysław Jankowski, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lucjan Jan Stanisław Wozniak, wireless operator,
F/O Stanisław Zieleniewski, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Jan Tadeusz Kwak, pilot,
P/O Lech Stanisław Dzierzbicki, pilot,
F/Lt Stanisław Marian Wojcik, observer,
Sgt Władysław Jankowski, bomb aimer,
Sgt Lucjan Jan Stanisław Wozniak, wireless operator,
F/O Stanisław Zieleniewski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
