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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Base	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Burzyński	Kazimierz	Kapitan Pilot	Flight Lieutenant	P.0015	Born 11 January 1897. Chełmce Inowrocław. (Age 47 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Transport Command	45 (Air Transport) Group, 112 N.A. Wing	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator	B.Vl	EW148	Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada. Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2222		Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
2	Jones	Islwyn	Flt Sgt		635095					RAFVR		121 Wing	1944-05-25	Liberator	Vl	EW148		Ferry	Crashed on take-off	Killed	Sec. G.943. Grave 413. at Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery, Canada	Montreal Mount Royal Canada.jpg	Archiwum Polish Database EW148	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
3	Kuzniacki	Andrezej Czeslaw	Kapitan Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.2315	Born 31 March 1914 (Age 30)	Poland	2nd Pilot	Virtuti Militari 9395 Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Transport Command	45 (Air Transport) Group	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator		EW148		Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada. Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2224	MONTREAL NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES CEMETERY, Canada Lot 3410 Sect. M. Grave 22.24	Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones
4	Nowicki	Adolf Jan	Kapitan Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P.0832	Born 1 June 1913 (Age 30)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 9697 Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Transport Command	45 Delivery Group	1944-04-25	Consolidated Liberator		EW148	Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Montreal, Canada	Crashed on takeoff	Killed on Transport Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Montreal (Notre Dame Des Neiges) Cemetery - Quebec, Canada Lot 3410 Section M Grave 2223	MONTREAL NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES CEMETERY, Canada	Archiwum Polish Database	Liberator EW148 1944-04-25. Being ferried by 45 (AT) Group via RCAF Gander to India when it crashed six minutes after takeoff from RCAF Dorval at 09:30. On initial climb, lost altitude over central Montreal. Just cleared Mount Royal, and narrowly missed the Sun Life Building, the Bonaventure Railway Station and a school before slamming into tenements on Shannon and Ottawa Streets in the community of Griffintown in Montreal, Québec. 5 crew and 10 civilians on the ground were killed in the ensuing explosion and fire. Pilot may have been trying to reach the St. Lawrence River to ditch the aircraft. The cause thought to be the structural failure of the tailplane. Weather may have had a bearing on the accident. Crew: Kazimierz BURZYNSKI, Flt Sgt Islwyn JONES (635095) RAF, Andrezej Czeslaw KUZNIACKI, Adolf Jan NOWICKI, P/O James Smith WILSON (J/39021) RCAF	Griffintown article Montreal Gazette Video Paradie Canadian Archive EW148 Wilson Allied Losses Database EW148 Jones

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