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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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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Serial	Base	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database
1	Bogdanowicz	Henryk Marian	Sierżant	Warrant Officer	794421	10.01.1913 Brzostowica Wlk. Białoruś	Poland	Air Gunner	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	PoW. Survived war. Died 09.1992 Derby UK			Archiwum Polish Database
2	Foczpaniak	Mieczysław Witold	Podporucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P-2403 / 704255	Born 1 January 1922 Ciążeń Słupca (Age 22 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia. Plot I Row E Grave 8-10		Archiwum Polish Database
3	Franczak	Stanisław Zbigniew	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.2649	Born 10 January 1920 Luborzyca Kraków (Age 24 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia. Plot I Row E Grave 8-10		Archiwum Polish Database
4	Nawalany	Tadeusz	Porucznik	Flight Lieutenant	P-1846 / 783479	12.01.1913 Dobczyce Myślenice	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE 301Sqn	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	PoW No 8022 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria. Survived war. Died Argentina date unknown			Archiwum Polish Database
5	Ratliński (Kay)	Stanisław Tadeusz	Sierżant	Warrant Officer	781897	15.06.1922 Poronin Zakopane	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	PoW. Survived war. Died Canada date unknown			Archiwum Polish Database
6	Truszkowski	Jerzy Józef	Starszy Sierzant Strzelec	Sergeant	P.92959	Born 5 January 1921 Terespol Biała Podl. (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia. Plot I Row E Grave 8-10	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Belgrade Serbia	Archiwum Polish Database
7	Zeiske (Zajski)	Zygfryd Henryk	St. Sierżant	Warrant Officer	P-2403 / 704255	02.07.1916 Germany	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-11	Consolidated Liberator	EW278	RAF Brindisi, Italy	Polish Supply Drop	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	PoW. Died 10.07.1984 St. Catharines, ON, Canada			Archiwum Polish Database