Operation: Gardening
Date: 08/09.11.1942
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Wellington V Serial: Z1343 Code: BH-L
Base: R.A.F. Ingham, Lincolnshire. Location: Vejle Fjord, Denmark.
Pilot: Sgt. Stefan Chmielewski P-783222 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 874 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Nav: F/O. Lubomir Kazimieriez Borowicz P-0586 P.A.F. Age 28. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Zygmunt Ludwik Rausiński P-7940446 P.A.F. Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Mieczyslaw Dadej 794127 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 879 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jan Leszek Cieszyński-Nałęcz P794200 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 18.54 hrs to lay mines on a Gardening operation – ‘Carrots'. See map on A.R. pages for very approximate area of loss. 70 aircraft took part in many separate gardening operations this night – 4 were lost.
Wellington Z1343 was hit by ground fire and ditched in the Vejle Fjord. Two crew were rescued and their full story can be found on a couple of great Danish Websites as shown in the credits on Aircrew Remembered.
Date: 08/09.11.1942
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Wellington V Serial: Z1343 Code: BH-L
Base: R.A.F. Ingham, Lincolnshire. Location: Vejle Fjord, Denmark.
Pilot: Sgt. Stefan Chmielewski P-783222 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 874 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Nav: F/O. Lubomir Kazimieriez Borowicz P-0586 P.A.F. Age 28. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Zygmunt Ludwik Rausiński P-7940446 P.A.F. Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Mieczyslaw Dadej 794127 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 879 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jan Leszek Cieszyński-Nałęcz P794200 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 18.54 hrs to lay mines on a Gardening operation – ‘Carrots'. See map on A.R. pages for very approximate area of loss. 70 aircraft took part in many separate gardening operations this night – 4 were lost.
Wellington Z1343 was hit by ground fire and ditched in the Vejle Fjord. Two crew were rescued and their full story can be found on a couple of great Danish Websites as shown in the credits on Aircrew Remembered.
Operation: Gardening
Date: 08/09.11.1942
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Wellington V Serial: Z1343 Code: BH-L
Base: R.A.F. Ingham, Lincolnshire. Location: Vejle Fjord, Denmark.
Pilot: Sgt. Stefan Chmielewski P-783222 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 874 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Nav: F/O. Lubomir Kazimieriez Borowicz P-0586 P.A.F. Age 28. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Zygmunt Ludwik Rausiński P-7940446 P.A.F. Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Mieczyslaw Dadej 794127 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 879 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jan Leszek Cieszyński-Nałęcz P794200 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 18.54 hrs to lay mines on a Gardening operation – ‘Carrots'. See map on A.R. pages for very approximate area of loss. 70 aircraft took part in many separate gardening operations this night – 4 were lost.
Wellington Z1343 was hit by ground fire and ditched in the Vejle Fjord. Two crew were rescued and their full story can be found on a couple of great Danish Websites as shown in the credits on Aircrew Remembered.
Date: 08/09.11.1942
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Wellington V Serial: Z1343 Code: BH-L
Base: R.A.F. Ingham, Lincolnshire. Location: Vejle Fjord, Denmark.
Pilot: Sgt. Stefan Chmielewski P-783222 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 874 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Nav: F/O. Lubomir Kazimieriez Borowicz P-0586 P.A.F. Age 28. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Zygmunt Ludwik Rausiński P-7940446 P.A.F. Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Mieczyslaw Dadej 794127 P.A.F. Survived P.o.W. No: 879 Camp: Stalag Mühlberg-Elbe
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jan Leszek Cieszyński-Nałęcz P794200 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 18.54 hrs to lay mines on a Gardening operation – ‘Carrots'. See map on A.R. pages for very approximate area of loss. 70 aircraft took part in many separate gardening operations this night – 4 were lost.
Wellington Z1343 was hit by ground fire and ditched in the Vejle Fjord. Two crew were rescued and their full story can be found on a couple of great Danish Websites as shown in the credits on Aircrew Remembered.
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