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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Photo (Click to Expand)	Commemorated	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes
1	Jakubowski	Franciszek	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.1001	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxi Row A Grave 8	Born 17 June 1910 Dęblin Ryki (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
2	Kwieciński	Jerzy	Kapral Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.780881		Lost at Sea. PAF Memorial, Northolt. ,	Born 28 October 1920 Chełmno (Age 41 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands. Takeoff at 19:40 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany. Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Bergen airfield. Four of the crew rest at Bergen op Zoom war cemetery in Noord-Brabant: Pilot: P/76733 Fg Off Bogumil Zelazinski - + 2nd Pilot P/1629 Plt Off Boleslaw Uszolewicz - + Observer:P/1001 Fg Off Franciszek Jakukowski - + Wireless Operator: 780881 Sgt Kwiecinski (Lost at sea) + Air Gunner: 792834 Sgt Teofil Niemeczek (Lost at sea) + Air Gunner: P/793106 Sgt Wladyslaw Stachurski - +	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
3	Niemeczek	Teofil	Kapral Strzelec	Sergeant	P.792834	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland (unnamed grave)	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.	Born 22 September 1915 Kleszczów Bełchatów (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
4	Stachurski	Władysław	Starszy Szeregowiec Strzelec	Sergeant	P.793106	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxi Row A Grave 9	Born 9 February 1911 Wola Pierowa Kutno (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
5	Uszpolewicz	Bolesław	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.1629	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland Plot XXXI Row A Grave 12	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxi Row A Grave 12	Born 25 March 1924 Poniewież – Lithuania (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych (X2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
6	Żelaziński	Bogumił	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.76733	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxi Row A Grave 10	Born 23 November 1915 Kazań – Russia (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.