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315 Squadron (P) Mustang III FB398 PK-A Fl/Lt. Henryk Stefankiewicz
Operation: Strafing
Date: 22nd June 1944
Unit: No. 315 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Mustang III
Serial: FB398
Code: PK-A
Location: Cherbourg, France.
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Henryk Stefankiewicz P-0564 PAF Age 26. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Attacking ground targets in the Cherbourg area and at around 13.30 hrs shot down by enemy flak, south of Cherbourg. His aircraft was found on the 30th June 1944.
Above Fl/Lt. Henryk Stefankiewicz and FB398 PK-A
Burial Details:
Fl/Lt. Henryk Stefankiewicz. Bayeux Cemetery. Born in Warsaw, Poland on the 16th July 1918. Brother of Eugeniusza Stefankiewicza.
Research for Aircrew Remembered by Peter Sikora.
Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include:
Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.