Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1068
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
22/23 Jun 41 Bombing Bremen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic T2990 KX-T 311 Sqdn RAF 2316 East Wretham
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0213 Shot down by Oblt. E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of 4./NJG 1 Crashed Kanaaldijk at Nieuwe Niedorp Noord-Holland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. V. Bufka 25 787572 ChAF POW -
Second Pilot F/Sgt. A. Rozum 28 787169 ChAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 24 AA 1-5 Recovered Jun 2021. Re-interred 23 Jun 2022
Observer P/O. V. Konstacky 26 82608 ChAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 24 AA 1-5 Recovered Jun 2021. Re-interred 23 Jun 2022
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. L. Smrcek 25 82639 ChAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 24 AA 1-5 Recovered Jun 2021. Re-interred 23 Jun 2022
Front Gunner F/Sgt. J. Hejna 26 787204 ChAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 24 AA 1-5 Recovered Jun 2021. Re-interred 23 Jun 2022
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. K. Valach 23 787551 ChAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 24 AA 1-5 Recovered Jun 2021. Re-interred 23 Jun 2022
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 73; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1939-July 1941’, page 109; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 131-133

Version January, 2023