Operation: Beachhead Patrol

Date: 23rd June 1944 (Friday)

Unit: No. 303 Squadron (Polish)

Type: Spitfire VB

Serial: AB271

Coded: RF-F

Location: Carantan, North Western France.

Pilot: W/O. Aleksander Chudek VM KW & 3 Bars DFM 783023 PAF Age 30. Missing/Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Believed to have been shot down by enemy flak at around 07:00 hrs in the Carantan area. W/O. Aleksander Chudek was a fighter Ace with 10 kills to his credit.

French researchers Laurent Taveau and Mr. P. Etampes have recently identified the crash site of W/O. Alek Chudek and we are assisting them to try and locate the pilot's relatives. A newspaper has published our story in the hope that someone knows of any living relatives. Some have been found but are reluctant to be interviewed at the moment. However we have provided these relatives with all the information that we have and the tremendous work carried out by Laurent and the community in Normandy regarding the fine memorial they have erected in his honour.

None - still awaiting further information. Commemorated on the Polish War Memorial, Northolt, England and also the fantastic memorial in Warsaw, Poland.(shown above) Born on 17th August 1914, from Stoczek, Poland. Research by Peter Sikora and webmaster.