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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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You searched for: “PA163

#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 CentWalerianPlutonowy Mechanic PokladowySergeantP.792743Born 7 June 1912 Ługańsk – Ukraine (Age 32 when killed)PolandMechanicVirtuti Militari

13822
Brązowy Krzyż Zasługi

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 961-966






Aalestrup, Denmark
Northolt, UK
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
2 KardasiewiczZdzisławPlutonowy StrzelecFlight SergeantP.704610Born 5 December 1914 (Age 29 when killed)PolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 691-696





Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
3 MądrackiJanPlutonowy StrzelecFlight SergeantP.784157Born 17 January 1916 Ksawerówka Ukraine (Age 28 when killed)PolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 961-966





Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
4 PrętkiewiczMarian WacławPorucznik NawigFlying OfficerP.2152Born 28 December 1905 Lublin (Age 38 when killed)PolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 13819

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 961-966





Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
5 RutkiewiczJózef JanPlutonowy BombardierFlight SergeantP794048Born 25 October 1919 Koziegłowy Myszków (Age 24 when killed)PolandBomb Aimer Krzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)
PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 961-966





Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
6 StołowskiJanKapral Radio OperatorFlight SergeantP.793774Born 20 February 1921 Podgórze Płock(Age 23 when killed)PolandRadio OperatorMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-29Avro LancasterI PA163BH-MRAF Faldingworth21:19StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Coll.Grave B/W 5





Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163
7 WąsikWacław PiotrKapitanFlight LieutenantP-084013.03.1916 Dąbrowa Górn.PolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
1944-08-29LancasterIPA163BH-MFaldingworth2108StettinTook off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :Evader. Died 31.10.2000 Dąbrowa Górnicza
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163

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