Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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12/13 Jun 44 | Bombing | Gelsenkirchen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Avro | Lancaster | III | DV286 | BH-C | 300 Sqdn | RAF | 2320 | Faldingworth |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0143 | Shot down by Lt. G. Hanneck of 6./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 3 km s of Wijdenes | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | F. | Rembecki | 30 | 793887 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 44 | Recovered May 2003 and buried Breda 25 Oct 2003 |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | F.S. | Bladowski | 33 | 780153 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 36 | Washed ashore and buried Wijdenes. Now Buried Breda |
Navigator | P/O. | I.J. | Feil | 26 | P-2485 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 44 | Recovered May 2003 and buried Breda 25 Oct 2003 |
Bomb Aimer | P/O. | B.F. | Morski | 27 | P-2249 | PAF | POW | - | ||
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | J. | Bokros | 24 | 794816 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 44 | Recovered May 2003 and buried Breda 25 Oct 2003 |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | S. | Miszturak | 28 | 704821 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 44 | Recovered May 2003 and buried Breda 25 Oct 2003 |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | W.B. | Leppert | 20 | 794154 | PAF | KIA | Breda Polish War Cem | R 44 | Recovered May 2003 and buried Breda 25 Oct 2003 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 275; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 56; Air War Bulletin 286, page 7-9 |
Version January, 2024