Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/3 Jul 42 | Bombing | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | IV | Z1314 | GR-M | 301 Sqdn | RAF | 2312 | Hemswell |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
---|---|---|---|---|
0126 | Shot down by Hptm. H. Lent of Stab II./NJG2 | Crashed behind a farm along Koesteeg near Borger | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pilot | W/Cdr. | H. | Brzozowski | 34 | P-1059 | PAF | EVD-POW | - | Captured 5 Jul 1942 near Assen | |
Observer | F/O. | S. | Atenski | P-1147 | PAF | POW | - | |||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | P/O. | M. | Benoit | 21 | P-1540 | PAF | POW | - | Captured at Assen | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | S.M. | Kowalczyk | 792234 | PAF | POW | - | |||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | S. | Kedzierski | 37 | 780181 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 19 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
---|---|
Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 146; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 43; 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 285; TNA WO344/25/2 for details Benoit; WO344/45/2 for Brzozowski |
Version January, 2024