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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:19 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk X |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HZ374 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, UK |
Shot down by Flak during a raid on Dortmund.
Call Sign: BH-K
Takeoff time: 23:24
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Henryk Piatkowski PAF P/1733 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Witold M Jankowski PAF P/2017 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Henryk Lewicki PAF P/967 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Czeslaw Ratajczyk PAF P/783028 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Eugeniusz Kulikowski PAF P/703387 [Killed]
All lie at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=HZ374
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft HA100 - HZ999, published 1989
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2011 13:41 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 23-May-2018 08:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2018 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Oct-2018 12:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 09:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-May-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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