Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BK156 |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Newark upon Trent Cemetery, Polish Plot |
Grave Reference | War Graves Plot Section J Grave 320A.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 120 |
Service Number | P.2535 |
Service | Polish Air Force |
Group | 93 |
Squadron | 18 OTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Poland |
Start Date | 23-02-1944 |
End Date | 23-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Finningley |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Training- evening navigation flight |
Reason for Loss | A fire broke out in the starboard engine, which was feathered. Shortly afterwards the port engine became problematic and a decision was made to make a controlled ditching. Crashed onto a slag bank on the shorline at Workington in an effort to get as close to shore as possible, to save lives. All survived but the navigator, who drowned. |