Browse this website Close this menu
This data is related to World War 2
Sergeant

Gustaw Kasianowski

Service number 781658
Military unit 301 Squadron Polish Air Force
Address Unknown
Date of birth 11 Dec 1916
Date of death 02 Jan 1916 (24 years old)
Place of birth Zadyby, Poland. (now Ukraine)
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Unknown

Military history

1 January 1941 Wellington T2518. Take off 16.00 from RAF Swinderby to bomb the Focke-Wulf factory Bremen. 1 January 1941 23.15 crashed in a field between Wellingore and Welbourne, Lincolnshire, killing all but 1 crew member. Mishandling of the flaps is quoted as being a possible cause of the accident.

Extra information

Reported on other sites; T2518 was shot down by an Intruder flown by Uffz Helmut Arnold of 1/NJG 2; Uffz Arnold claimed a Wellington 18.45 North Sea, east of Happisburgh. No German claim was made at the time of the crash.

Photographs