ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159076
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:20 claim |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PB171 |
| MSN: | BH-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Faldingworth UK |
Took off from RAF Faldingworth at 23:15 hrs for a bombing operation against the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Walter Briegleb of the 10./NJG 3, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 from Düsseldorf airfield in Germany.
All are commemorated on the Northolt Memorial. Most were engaged on their 28th sortie. This aircraft was manned by an all Polish crew:
WO J Zoltanski (KIA)
Flt Lt S Ostaszewski (KIA)
Flt Sgt S Szychowski (KIA)
Fg Off J J Bregman (KIA)
Flt Sgt F Janicki (KIA)
Flt Sgt I Ratajczak (KIA)
Flt Sgt S J Mamak (KIA)
WO S Stysiak (KIA)
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1944 Page 334.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/zoltanski-josef.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1944 | LL807 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer near Urk, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 29 January 1945 | PB846 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 3 | Berneck |  |
w/o |
| 8 January 1946 | NG269 | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF | 4 | Normanby-le-Wold, West Lindsay, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2013 13:40 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Feb-2015 17:53 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2016 15:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 05-Feb-2020 20:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2020 17:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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