Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3777
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
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
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
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
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 275; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 56

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