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Wellington E-KX, L7788, 311 Sq Beute captured balkenkreuz
Wellington bomber makes an emergency landing in heavy ground fog on a meadow near the railway line The Hague-Leiden and in front of the ditch at the current Tuinenlaan and slightly south of the parking lot of the Noorthey cemetery.
Wellington bomber makes an emergency landing in heavy ground fog on a meadow near the railway line The Hague-Leiden and in front of the ditch at the current Tuinenlaan and slightly south of the parking lot of the Noorthey cemetery.
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Polish Wellington HF598 300 Squadron RAF with parachute mine.
Foto was taken on 01-09-1943 Thursday. This plane crashed (see nr 2) on 19-09-1943 Sunday 2 dead.
Foto was taken on 01-09-1943 Thursday. This plane crashed (see nr 2) on 19-09-1943 Sunday 2 dead.
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Date: Monday 27 July 1942
Time: 02:45 LT
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator: 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1270
MSN: BH-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: North Sea beach at Westerland on Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:37 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Kratz of the II./NJG 2 and was force-landed on Sylt island.
One of the gunners, Podporucznik Strzelec (Pilot Officer) Bolesław Boguszewski, succumbed to his injuries.
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KRATZ, Paul. (n.d.) in II./NJG 2. (n.d.) with 10./NJG 3. (n.d.) in 7./NJG 5. 26/27.07.42 Hptm.,
II./NJG 2. 01.01.43 promo to Hptm. Credited with as many as 5 victories. Survived the war.
[perhaps same guy as Paul Kranz?
Time: 02:45 LT
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator: 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1270
MSN: BH-T
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: North Sea beach at Westerland on Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein - Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:37 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Paul Kratz of the II./NJG 2 and was force-landed on Sylt island.
One of the gunners, Podporucznik Strzelec (Pilot Officer) Bolesław Boguszewski, succumbed to his injuries.
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KRATZ, Paul. (n.d.) in II./NJG 2. (n.d.) with 10./NJG 3. (n.d.) in 7./NJG 5. 26/27.07.42 Hptm.,
II./NJG 2. 01.01.43 promo to Hptm. Credited with as many as 5 victories. Survived the war.
[perhaps same guy as Paul Kranz?
- https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/235888
- https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2024.pdf
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