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02.03.1945 300 (Masovian) Squadron Lancaster I NG501 Flt Lt. Władysław Wyganowski, RAF Faldingworth, England, Cologne (Köln), Germany, War Crime
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12/13.06.1944 300 (Masovian) Squadron Lancaster III JA683 Fg Off. Henryk M. Burkiewicz, RAF Faldingworth, England, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, War Crime
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17.03.1942 No. 315 Squadron Spitfire Vb BM140 PK-H Fl/Sgt. Krieger
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17th September 1944 307 (P) Squadron Mosquito XII HK223 P/O. Jaworski
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25/26th June 1942 18 OTU Wellington Ic T2717 P/O. Balicki
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28/29.06.1942 301 (Pomeranian) Squadron, Polish, Wellington IV Z1479, Wg Cdr. Stanisław M. Krzystyniak, RAF Hemswell, Bremen, War Crimes
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29th July 1945 316 Squadron P-51 Mustang III FR411 W/O. Noga
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09.09.1941 No. 302 Squadron Hurricane IIb Z3676 WX-H Sgt. Pytlak
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On 2nd August 1945, Warrant Officer Aleksander Pietrzak of No. 309 Squadron (Polish) was conducting a training flight in a Mustang III aircraft, serial number FX876, coded WC-O, from RAF Andrews Field in Essex. At 11:15 hours, the aircraft crashed at Oaksfield, Goulds Farm, Rayne, Essex. Pietrzak, aged 30, was killed in the accident. He was a decorated Polish fighter pilot who had achieved ace status against V1 flying bombs, holding the Virtuti Militari, Krzyż Walecznych with two bars, Srebrny K
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Alek Pietrzak was a pilot who achieved confirmed V1 flying bomb kills during the Allied defence against German pilotless aircraft attacks. Between 13th June 1944 and 29th March 1945, a total of 9,251 V1 flying bombs, known as Doodlebugs or Divers, were tracked by the Royal Observer Corps from 1,500 observer posts across Britain. Of these pilotless monoplanes, 2,419 reached London. The total number destroyed during this period was 4,261, with 1,971 destroyed by anti-aircraft fire, 1,979 by Allied
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Laurence Binyon
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