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 | I | LL807 | BH-K | 300 Sqdn | RAF | 2316 | Faldingworth |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0130 | Shot down by Lt. E.-W. Hittler of 3./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer near Urk | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Lt. | J.W. | Rozanski | 34 | P-1818 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 6 | Recovered from IJsselmeer 23 Jun 44 |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | M.G. | Szeliga | 31 | 782001 | PAF | KIA | Elburg | Recovered from IJsselmeer 22 Jun 44 | |
Navigator | F/O. | M. | Hahn | 24 | P-2408 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 2 | Washed up near Urk 30 Jun 44 |
Bomb Aimer | F/O. | W. | Bakun | 24 | P-2251 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 1 | Recovered from IJsselmeer 31 Aug 44 |
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | A. | Pacula | 704493 | PAF | MIA | Northolt Memorial | |||
Mid Upper Gunner | F/Sgt. | M. | Wroblewski | 22 | 704824 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 4 | Washed up near Urk 30 Jun 44 |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | R. | Barzdo | 30 | 704838 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 5 | Recovered from IJsselmeer 15 Jun 44 |
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 |
Version March, 2022