| Date: 1941 May 24/25 | A/C Type: Wellington IC | SN: T2990 | Code: KX-T | A/C Nickname: |  |
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| File: 467 | Airforce: RAF | Sqn/Unit: 311 Sqn (Czech) | Mission/Raid: Bremen | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | F/Sgt. Bufka POW | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | CP/Obs | F/Sgt. Alois Rozum | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | Fl Eng/AG | P/O Vilem Konstacky | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | WO/AG | P/O Leonard Smrcek | 12 | |||||||
| 5 | WO/AG | Sgt. Jan Hejna | 13 | |||||||
| 6 | Rear gunner | F/Sgt. Karel Valach | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||||
Shot down at night and dove deep in the soft ground, 17 km east of Petten in a field at Nieuwe Niedorp. Fieldgrave for 5 men. |
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This aircraft and crew is so deep in the ground, that it was considered not recoverable in 1941. It is a fieldgrave, a monument with their names is in position.
The location is on the land of a farm and is private terrain.
See photo field grave: http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/861.html
Sources:
- website http://www.svazletcu.cz/en/links/memorials-museums/-vilem-konstacky
- local history articles
- http://www.veslavkove.cz/historie/zapomenuty-letec-ii.aspx
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