Memorial Crash Wellington Z1392

This memorial stone commemorates four victims, all crew members of the Vickers Wellington, type IV, serial number Z1392, code SM-O of the Polish 305 squadron. This aircraft crashed near Oostermeer on February 3, 1943 at 9:37 PM.

The aircraft was shot at by a German night fighter with several salvos, which was noticed by residents of the municipality of Tietjerkstradeel and Achtkarspel. As a result, there were witnesses to the shelling and the fire of the aircraft. One of them describes that the aircraft sailed like a discarded torch over Drogeham, and then crashed into a meadow on the Boskwei (Bosweg), east of the Bergummermeer.

Four crew died as a result of the crash. They were buried together at the Torenlaan cemetery and later reburied at [towid] 325, Polish cemetery [/ towid] in Breda;
- Henryk Leon Gzell
- Alfons Kowalski
- Bernard Kozlowski
- Edward Lesisz

Only the aircraft captain, Sgt. Mieczyslaw Seredyn, survived. He jumped late and landed with his parachute close to the crashed plane. At the Nicolai family at the Boskwei he was treated by a doctor and later taken prisoner by the occupier.

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