Date: 1940 Oct 16/17			A/C Type: Wellington IC		SN: L7844		Code: KX-		A/C Nickname:
File: 128		Airforce: RAF		Sqn/Unit: 311 Sqn (Czech)			Mission/Raid: Kiel
1	Pilot	P/O Bohumil Landa					9
2	Co-pilot	Sgt. Emanuel Novotny             POW					10
3	Nav	P/O Hubert Jarosek					11
4	WO/AG	Sgt. Karl Klimt					12
5	Front gunner	Sgt. Otto Jirsak					13
6	Tail gunner	Sgt. Augustyn K. Sestak           POW					14
7							15
8							16
Turned 180° back to land, after being hit and over the Lake, burning, trying to shake-off a German nightfighter.  Crashed on the shore in a polder north-east of Elburg. Four men of the crew KIA and buried Oosterwolde.

On the crashsite, the Germans disarmed 4 bombs. In 1980 another 2 bombs were found (250 lbs).

See our site page Cemetery Oosterwolde with photos of the graves (Search on: Cemeteries - LCE or Lake Area Cemeteries - Oosterwolde).


Source (with original Loss Card)/read more:

Site  www.teunispats.net/t876.htm





© ZZairwar (Zuyder Sea Air War)