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LIST OF NO. 301 SQUADRON / 1586 FLIGHT
AIRCRAFT AND FLYING PERSONNEL LOSSES.
Compiled
by Wilhelm Ratuszynski.
TO
BE REVISED
Left: No. 301 squadron's badge. Courtesy of K.
Tyszka.
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No. 301 POLISH SQUADRON
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8 Aug 1940
Fairey Battle no. L5597 For unknown
reasons a/c crashed near Bramcote during training flight.
F/O Fengler.
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25 Sep 1940
Fairey Battle no. L5351 Shot down
by a night fighter during raid on invasion barges in Boulogne.
Whole crew lost: P/O Waronski, P/O Kulinski
and Sgt Paliwoda.
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1 Jan 1941
Vickers Wellington no. T2517 Crashed
in foul weather during landing approach near Swinderby, after raid on Bremen.
Whole crew lost: S/Ldr Floryanowicz, F/O
Kulbacki, P/O Olszyna, Sgt
Guzowski, Sgt Gackowski and Sgt
Hejnowski.
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2 Jan 1941
Vickers Wellington no. T2518
Mission to Bremen. Shot down near emergency airfield over England by a
German fighter. Lost were: F/O Sadowski, P/O
Murawski, P/O Dziubinski, Sgt Kasianowski
and Sgt K. Sawicz. Sgt Wancisiewicz safe
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21 Mar 1941
Vickers Wellington no. L7874
Probably due to a sudden close of flaps, a/c crashed near Bramcote during
training flight. Whole crew lost: F/O Korycinski,
Sgt Lenczowski and Sgt Chrzanowski.
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27
Apr 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1619
F/Lt Krzystyniak and crew safe, following crash landing at Swinderby.
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7
May 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R? Damaged
by Me110 off Norfolk. Crew safe.
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9 May 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1227 Lost over the sea during raid
on Bremen, probably shot down by fighter. Whole crew lost: F/O Dudek, F/O
Brzozowski, P/O Rewkowski, Sgt
Bojakowski, Sgt
Lipecki and Sgt
Golebiowski.
Vickers Wellington no. R1026 Damaged on landing (Cat1). S/Ldr Piotrowski and
crew safe.
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16
May 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1349
GR-N
Damaged by a intruding
night fighter, belly-landed.
F/O Butkiewicz and crew safe.
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19 June 1941
Vickers Wellington no.
R1365
Lost
over the sea during raid on Bremen, probably shot down by fighter. Whole crew
lost: F/O Krassowski,
F/O Bernas, Sgt
Wagner, Sgt Bonkowski, Sgt
Franaszczuk and Sgt Manasiak.
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23 June 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1026 Sortie
for Bremen. Right after take-off one engine lost a propeller and a/c crashed at
Kirkington. Lost were: P/O Pietruszka and Sgt Tegowski.
F/O Sawlewicz, Sgt Popiawski, Sgt Florczak and Sgt Grzyrnski safe
with light wounds.
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30 June 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1373
According to German archives, shot down by a night fighter near Nienburg
during raid on Bremen.
Sgt Korab-Brzozowski was killed in action. F/Lt Kozlowski, W/O Bujak, F/Lt
Hubieki,
W/O Weiss and W/O Hasinski bailed out and taken prisoners.
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4 July 1941
Vickers Wellington no. R1492 Mission
for Bremen. Shot down by a fighter near Absen in Holland. Lost was G/Cpt
Stachon. F/Lt Butkiewkz, F/O Palka, W/O Dyde, W/O Idzikowski and Sgt Dziegiel safe, taken prisoners.
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25 July 1941
Vickers Wellington no. T2576 Failed
to take of during training flight and crashed at the Hamswell airfield's peripheral. Lost was
P/O Rebuszynski. P/O Bernasinski safe, slightly
wounded.
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9 Aug 1941 Vickers Wellington no.
T2625 . Shot down by a fighter during bomb
run over Hamburg, and crashed near Bean. Lost were: F/O
Liniewski, F/O Wiszniewski,
P/O Cioch and Sgt Kozlowski. Sgt
Baderski and Sgt Gacon bailed out to became POWs.
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8 Nov 1941
Vickers Wellington no. Z1277
GR-Z.
(See
picture at unit's history page) Damaged by flak during raid on Maneheim, a/c
force landed in Germany. The crew safe, taken prisoners: F/Lt.
Kolanowski, W/O Boldewicz, W/O Lenczowski, W/O Szczepanowski, W/O Wróblewski, Sgt
Monyn. Kolanowski took part in the famous escape from the notorious Stalag Luft III, then
captured and executed on 25 March 1944.
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1 Jan 1942
Vickers Wellington no. T2517
Crashed
in foul weather during landing after mission to Bremen. Whole crew lost: S/Ldr Floryanowicz,
F/O
Kulbacki, P/O Olszyna, Sgt Gackowski,
Sgt Hejnowski and Sgt
Guzowski.
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22 Jan 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1285
Shot down near English coast by a German fighter while returning from a mission
to Münster. Whole crew lost: P/O Reda, Sgt
C. Kosmalski, Sgt Soroko,
Sgt Nocon, Sgt Rokus and Sgt Borecki.
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25 Feb 1942 Vickers Wellington no. Z1377
Lost over the sea on its way to bomb Cologne. Whole crew lost: F/O Jablonski, F/O
Fugiel, P/O Koziel, Sgt Drozdzik, Sgt Dolata
and Sgt Bujak.
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13 Mar1942 Vickers Wellington no. Z1257
Probably shot down over the sea by a fighter while returning from a raid on
Cologne. Whole crew lost: F/O
Zakrzewski, F/O Perkowski, Sgt
Kosior, Sgt Ziajski, Sgt Siuda
and Sgt Korzon.
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26 Mar1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1262
Shot down by flak soon after unloading on Essen. Whole crew lost: P/O
Kowal, P/O Jaroszyk, P/O
Retur, P/O Grycz, Sgt
Galaszewski and Sgt Bochaczek.
Vickers Wellington no. R1590
Took off for Essen and shot down by a fighter near Ijmuiden, Holland. Lost were:
F/O Jankowiak, F/Sgt
Porada, Sgt Tobola, Sgt
Pietrow and Sgt Horbajczuk. W/O
Puskas taken
prisoner.
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15 Apr 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1379
On its way to bomb Dortmund, a/c shot over the sea down by a fighter. Lost were:
F/O Zamoyski, P/O Rzemyk,
Sgt Truszkowski and Sgt
Niewiadomski.
F/Lt Reyman and W/O Wojan were
rescued and taken prisoners.
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2 June 1942 Vickers Wellington no. R1615
Shot down by flak 15 S of Turnhoum in Belgium on its way to Essen. Whole crew
lost: F/O Praschill, F/O
Kiwacz, P/O Halastra, P/O W. Glowacki, Sgt Zeligowski
and Sgt Zalewski.
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6 June 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1331
Probably shot down over the sea by a fighter while returning from a raid
on Essen. Whole crew lost: F/O
Kozak,
F/O Plawski, F/O Wybraniec, Sgt
Radecki, Sgt Podgorski and F/Sgt
Czerwonka.
Vickers Wellington no. Z1467
Shot down by a fighter near village of Slootdorp in Holland.Raid on Essen.
Whole crew lost: F/O Witakowski, F/O
Lukasik, P/O
Kulakowski, Sgt
Lewkowicz, Sgt Nogaj and Sgt
Danik.
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7 June 1942
Vickers Wellington no. R1390
Shot down near by a fighter near Borkum Island. Raid on Emden. Lost were: F/O
Powierza, W/O Podgorzak, Sgt
Szykowny, Sgt Sapieha and Sgt
Bober. P/O Kowalowka, bailed out and POW.
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23 June 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1345
Shot down over the sea by a fighter after raid on Emden. Whole crew lost: F/O
Michalik, P/O Dubas, Sgt
Kapa, Sgt Twarkowski
and Sgt
Meller.
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26 June 1942
Vickers Wellington no. (?)
Shot down over Germany, raid on Bremen. Crew safe: W/Cdr Krzystyniak, F/Lt
Tobolski, F/Lt Prazniewski,
W/O Przybylski, W/O J. Szymankiewicz and W/O Kwiatkowski. F/Lt Tobolski took
part in the famous escape from the Stalag Luft III, then captured and executed
on 25 March 1944.
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3 July 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1314
Shot down on its way to Bremen by a fighter near Borgen, Germany. Lost was Sgt
Kedzierski. The rest of the crew: F/O Atenski, F/O Brzozowski, P/O Benoit
and Sgt Kowalczyk safe, taken prisoners.
Vickers Wellington no. Z1204
Shot down over the sea by a fighter during raid on Bremen. Whole crew lost: F/O
Krasnodebski, F/Sgt Kubiak, Sgt
Poktant, Sgt Lozinski, Sgt Lugowski
and Sgt Czapski.
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7 July 1942
Vickers Wellington no. R1650
Crash landed after mission to Bremen. Pilot F/O Aduckiewicz decided to belly
land damaged a/c at Hamswell. Lost were: Sgt Z. Wesolowski
and
Sgt Wojteczko. F/O Aduckiewicz, Sgt M. Król, Sgt Iwanicz and Sgt
Niezrecki safe with minor injuries.
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22 July 1942 Vickers Wellington no. Z1405
Lost over sea o its way to bomb Duisburg. Whole crew lost: P/O
Bock, F/O Lipowczan, P/O
Glowacki, Sgt Pawlak and Sgt
Barteczko.
Vickers Wellington no. Z1406
Exploded in mid air when hit by flak near Wanne-Eidkel in Holland. Raid on
Duisburg. A/c part fell on a town of Herne. Lost were: F/O
Lewicki, F/O Kucza, P/O
Kuderski, F/O Paszkowski and Sgt
Maliszewski. W/O Fusniak bailed
out safely and taken prisoner.
Vickers Wellington no. H1472.
Shot down by two German FW190s while on a rescue mission 40 miles E of Yarmouth.
Lost were: F/O Szymanowski, F/Sgt Rudel
and Sgt Nowak. P/O Majcherczyk and Sgt W.
Jablonski safe.
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6 Aug1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1386
Damaged by flak during mine-laying operations near port of Lorient, a/c ditched
near target. Lost were: P/O Domanski, P/O Ciolek,
Sgt Frankowski, Sgt
Kurowski and Sgt Gahnes. W/O
Hun was rescued and taken prisoner.
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8 Oct 1942
Vickers Wellington no. Z1255
After laying its mines, a/c shot down near Koegras (Den Helder) in Holland by
a fighter. Lost were: F/O Stapor, Sgt
Szczepanski, Sgt Sapeta and Sgt
Bielec. Wounded, Sgt Chudy was rescued and taken prisoner.
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7 Dec 1942
Vickers Wellington no.
Z1337
Damaged by flak over Manheim. Over England, pilot ordered the crew to bail out.
Only three crews followed, but their parachutes drifted in a strong wing over
the sea where all three perished: F/O Grodzki, Sgt
Fenger and Sgt
Ponulak. Pilot F/O Karol Suszczynski, F/O Chmiel
and Sgt Kosyn were safe.
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12 X 1942
Vickers Wellington no. R1585
Damaged by flak during mine-laying near Danish coast, force landed 25 km SE of
Hyttekorel.
Seriously wounded Sgt Blachowski died the
same day in Hadenslav. F/O Stachurski, Sgt Kowalski, Sgt Turuta and Sgt Molewicz
were
safe and taken prisoners.
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9 Jan 1943
Vickers Wellington no. R1535
Damaged by a fighter during mine-laying near Spiekeroog (Frisian Isles), a/c
crashed during force landing near Dunmoor Hill. Lost were: F/O
Sokolinski, F/O Tyrala, Sgt
Tabaczynski and Sgt
Pasierski. Sgt J. Korczynski safe and POW.
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No. POLISH FLIGHT "C" of 138 RAF IN TEMPSFORD
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18 Apr 1943
HP Halifax no. DT725 Failed to
return from a supply mission to near Moulin, France. In January 1946, the a/c remnants
were found near Owesy, 10 miles SE of Caen. Believed to be shot down by flak.
Whole crew lost: F/Lt Lawrenczuk, F/O
Ginter, F/Sgt Mirenow,
Sgt Utasiuk, Sgt Gadomski and Sgt J. H. Aspden
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12 May 1943
HP Halifax no. DT627
Lost over the sea during special operations near
Dutch coast. Whole crew lost: F/Lt Polnik, F/O
Polkowski, F/Sgt Womno, Sgt
Kurzak, Sgt Germasinski, Sgt
Piatkowski and Sgt Bednarski. |
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13 July 1943
HP Halifax no.
JD155 Shot
down near St. Paul-sur-Risle during a supply mission for French resistance.
Whole crew lost: F/Lt Morawski,
F/Lt Lewicki, F/Sgt
Rusinski, F/Sgt Bonk, F/Sgt
Jenski, F/Sgt Nawrot and Sgt Tomaszewski.
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15 Sep 1943
HP
Halifax no. JD154 Lost over Poland near Nowe
Skalmierzyce (Poznan) during a supply mission. Whole crew perished: F/Lt Jakusz-Gostomski,
F/Lt Gebik, W/O
Pacut, F/Sgt W.
Jablonski, Sgt Kuczkowski, F/Sgt Misiak
and Sgt Fojer. Also died three agents on
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No. 1586 POLISH SPECIAL OPERATIONS FLIGHT
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6 Jan 1944
Liberator no. BZ589 A/c damaged by
flak during supply mission to Poland, then in foul weather made emergency
landing at Grotaglia (Italy) where overshot and fell to the sea. Lost were: F/Lt Bohuszewicz,
F/Lt Pulczynski, F/Lt
Kuzmicki, F/O Finder, F/Sgt Taczalski,
F/Sgt Blazenski and Sgt Drong.
F/Lt J. Dobrowolski safe.
Liberator no. BZ949
Heavily iced, a/c crashed near Villa Castell while
attempting emergency landing at Grotaglia. Returning from special ops to Poland,
the whole crew was killed: F/Lt W. Paszkiewicz,
F/Lt Domaradzki, F/Sgt
Dunski, F/Sgt Olkiewicz, F/Sgt
Magdziarek, Sgt Halik, Sgt
Marchwicki and Sgt Bucko. |
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2 Aug 1944
HP Halifax no. JP238 Shot down near
Szantes,
150 km SE of Budapest by a German fighter while on supply mission to Warsaw
Uprising. Lost were: W/O Lewandowski
and Sgt Szejnowski. P/O Domanski, W/O Wolski, W/O Chinaruk, W/O Ptoszek
and F/Sgt Raflewski were safe and taken prisoners. |
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15 Aug 1944
Liberator no. KG890 After making
a successful drop at Warsaw, the a/c was attacked by two German fighters shot
down near Bochnia. Some crew bailed out when the a/c was too low. Whole crew
lost: F/Lt Szostak, F/Lt
Daniel, W/O Malczyk, W/O Dubowski,
W/O Bielicki, F/Sgt
Rutkowski and F/Sgt Witek. |
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17 Aug 1944 HP Halifax no. JJ220
The a/c was damaged over Warsaw where it lost both starboard engines. It crash
landed near Bochnia. W/O Bohanes bailed out
but was machine gunned by a fighter while still in harness. The rest of the
crew, F/O Schöffer, W/O Owsiany, P/O Lopuszanski, P/O Bemhardt,
Sgt Kretowicz, Sgt Denisienko and Sgt Luck, evaded capture and returned to
England. |
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17 Aug 1944 Liberator
no. ?275 On its way to Warsaw the
a/c was attacked and damaged by two night fighters over Gorlice and turned home
on three engines. Near Gladyszow it crash landed right after some crew bailed
out. Pilot F/Lt Pluta and Sgt
Marecki died in a crash. Killed in a low altitude jump were: F/O
Jencka, W/O Malejka, F/Sgt
Wichrowski, F/Sgt Florkowski and
Sgt Dudziak. |
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27 Aug 1944
HP Halifax no.
JN895
Probably shot down by a night fighter near Warsaw. Whole crew lost: F/Sgt
Woroch, Sgt Kantowski, Sgt Wantulok,
Sgt Szmigielski, Sgt Klosowski,
Sgt Majewski and Sgt Augustyn.
HP Halifax no.
JD171 On its
way to Warsaw a/c shot down by flak over Yugoslavia near Draz. Lost were: F/O Jasinski,
F/O W. Koziol,
P/O Mühln, F/Sgt Graff, Sgt
Paszkiewicz and Sgt
Szyller. Thrown out during explosion, F/Sgt
Danilkiewicz was safe and taken prisoner.
HP Halifax no.
JD362
Shot down by flak near Baksbokod in Hungary. Whole crew lost: Sgt Jodis,
F/O Sorówka,
P/O Kleniewski, F/Sgt Radwan-Kuzelewski,
Sgt Witkowski, Sgt
Walaszek and Sgt Ogrodnik.
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28 Aug 1944
HP Halifax no.
JP495
Probably shot down over Adriatic. Whole crew lost: F/Lt Omylak,
P/O
Widacki, P/O Dunin-Horkowicz, F/O Mroczko,
Sgt Ozga, Sgt Skorczyk
and Sgt Balcarek
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2 Sep 1944
HP Halifax no. DP180
Shot down by flak over Jįszfenyszaru E of Budapest. Mission to Warsaw. Whole crew lost: F/O
Baworowski, F/Sgt Blazejewski,
F/Sgt Walczyk, F/Sgt Polaczek, F/Sgt Paetz,
Sgt Lojas and Sgt Banasik.
HP Halifax no. JN889
On its way to Warsaw the
a/c was shot down by a night fighter over Vukovar (Yugoslavia) Lost were: F/Sgt
Bar, Sgt Marynowski and Sgt
Tyrol. F/O Jan Abezynski, W/O Sibilski, Sgt Michalkiewicz and Sgt Frankowiak
evaded capture and in two weeks returned to the unit.
HP Halifax no. BB389 Shot down over
Baki Brestovac by flak during mission to Warsaw. Lost were: W/O
Nalepa.
F/Sgt Derewienko, F/Sgt Jag, Sgt
Pialucha, Sgt Staniewicz and Sgt
Bialoszewski. F/Sgt
Jawor safe, evaded capture for three days then taken prisoner.
HP Halifax no. DK124
Shot down by flak over Mohacz (Hungary). Mission to Warsaw. Lost was F/Lt Rosiniuk.
The rest of the crew, P/O Data, F/Sgt Jawonowski, F/Sgt Rygielski,
F/Sgt Lebnowski and Sgt Ogledzki safe, taken prisoners. |
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11 Sep1944
HP Halifax no. JP288
failed to return from a supply sortie to Warsaw. In 1946 it was discovered that
the a/c crashed near village Gsorva in Yugoslavia. Whole crew lost: P/O Lach, P/O Kozlowski, F/Sgt
Fedzinski, Sgt Pazdzior, Sgt
Mucha, Sgt
Podsiadly and Sgt Dziadula.
Liberator no. EW278
Shot down by a night fighter over Senta (Yugoslavia) during mission to Warsaw.
Lost were: P/O Franczak, F/O Foczpaniak
and F/Sgt Truszkowski. F/Lt Nawalany, W/O Bogdanowicz, F/Sgt Ratlinski and Sgt Zeiske
bailed out and taken prisoners. |
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13 Sep1944
Liberator no.
KH101
Shot down by flak over Madaras (Hungary). Mission to Warsaw. Whole crew lost: F/O
Woytanowicz, P/O Rygiel, W/O
Wawrzak, W/O R. Sikorski, W/O
Weinz, F/Sgt Weben and Sgt
Zielinski.
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23 Sep1944
HP Halifax no. JP222
Damaged by flak during a supply sortie to Warsaw, returning a/c overshot runaway
at Brindisi and crashed into the sea. Whole crew lost: P/O
Molinski, F/Sgt Beer, Sgt
Kuhn, Sgt Milewski, Sgt Martyniuk, Sgt Kozlowski, Sgt Minowski
and observer F/Lt S. F. Wolf. |
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No. 301 POLISH SQUADRON
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Dec 1944
HP Halifax no. UL187
Reportedly shot down by machine gun fire over Metetice (Slovakia) during a supply sortie to Warsaw. Whole crew lost: F/Lt Kryszczuk, F/Lt
Wianecki, W/O Uram, W/O
Krzedzewski, W/O Madierzynski, F/Sgt
Lisik, F/Sgt Muller and Sgt
Majer. |
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19 Jan 1945
Liberator no. KH151
After a supply mission to occupied Europe, a/c overshot the runway at Brindisi
and fell into the sea. Lost were: S/Ldr W. Zurawski,
W/O S. Slowik and W/O Gagala. P/O Czamota, P/O Weytia, W/O Skoczylas and Sgt Watidzel safe with
light injuries. |
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27 July 1945
Vickers
Warwick no. HG226 Crashed 20 miles S of
Lyon during transport flight from Greece to London, probably brought down by a
fire following struck by lighting. Whole crew lost: F/Lt
Ratajczak,
W/O Bak, Sgt Mikolajczak
and Sgt Kocon. |
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22
Nov 1945
Liberator no. KH126
Crashed in hills near
Whites Farm, Broadway Pound (Somerset) during transport flight. Whole crew lost: F/Lt Mielecki, F/O Kleyborod,
F/O Wize, F/O Meyers
(RAF) and F/Sgt J. Brzezinski. Also
perished 22 British soldiers. |
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