Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1139
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
24/25 Jul 41 Bombing Emden
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic X9620 NZ-Q 304 Sqdn RAF 2305 Lindholme
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0223 Shot down by Oblt. E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of 4./NJG 1 Crashed Nieuweweg at Opperdoes Noord-Holland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. L.J. Karczewski 35 P-0336 PAF KIA Hoek van Holland G 1 Recovered 1947
Second Pilot Sgt. Z. Witkowski 21 780144 PAF KIA Hoek van Holland G 1 Recovered 1947
Observer F/O. S.W. Rzepa 34 P-0764 PAF KIA Bergen NH I E 16
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. Z. Zulawa 19 780720 PAF KIA Hoek van Holland G 1 Recovered 1947
Front Gunner Sgt. B. Salamon 26 780617 PAF KIA Hoek van Holland G 1 Recovered 1947
Rear Gunner F/O. J. Musial 30 P-1374 PAF KIA Hoek van Holland G 1 Recovered 1947
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 102; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 11; Jansen, 'Wespennest I', page 154-156

Version March, 2022