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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	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Links/Archive Reports
101	Walczak	Mieczyslaw	Plutonowy Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.792242	Born 9 March 1921 (Age 23)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-02	Handley Page Halifax		DP180		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Polish Supply Drop	Crashed at Jaszfenyszary, Budapest. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot I Row B Grave 10		Archiwum Polish Database
102	Wantulok	Ludwik	Kapral Radio Operator	Sergeant	P.705049	Born 30 August 1922 Trzyniec – Czechoslovakia Republic (Age 22 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator		PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-27	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JN895	GR-B	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Supply Drops	Shot down over Hungary making supply drops to the Campimos Forest area, near Warsaw and all crew were killed. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot IV, Row D, Collective Grave 1-7		Archiwum Polish Database
103	Wawrzak	Boleslaw	Sierzant Strzelec	Warrant Officer	P.782847	Born 22 October 1908 (Age 35)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari 8463 Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave 1-6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
104	Weber	Bernard	Plutonowy Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.703044	Born 23 May 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave 1-6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
105	Weinz	Edward	Sierzant Radio Operator	Warrant Officer	P.782398	Born 16 September 1906 (Age 37)	Poland	Radio Operator	Virtuti Militari 8515 Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave 1-6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
106	Wianecki	Tadeusz Stanislaw	Kapitan Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P.0072	Born 23 March 1906 (Age 38)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 9138 Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-12-29	Handley Page Halifax		UL187		RAF Brindisi, Italy			. Location : Czechoslovakiaoslovakiaoslovakia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Prague War Cemetery, Czechoslovakiaoslovakia Republic. Plot II Row B Grave 1-7	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Prague War Cemetery, Czechoslovakiaoslovakia Republic. Plot II Row B Grave 1-7	Archiwum Polish Database
107	Wichrowski	Bernard	Plutonowy Bombardier	Flight Sergeant	P.794153	Born 22 March 1923 Płutowo Chełmno (Age 21 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-17	Consolidated Liberator	VI	EW275	GR-R	RAF Brindisi, Italy			. Location : Poland.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. Plot I Row A Grave 9-10 Collective		Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database EW275
108	Widacki	Kazimierz	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P-2708	Born 3 February 1921 (Age 23)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-28	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JP295	FS-P	RAF Brindisi, Italy		SOE Supply Drops	Vanished without trace whilst making supply drops to the Campimos Forest area, near Warsaw. Aircraft is presumed to have been lost in Adriatic Sea. After the War the remnants of an Unidentified Halifax ll were found in Branica, near Tarnow, which, according to local residents, crashed there at the end of August / beginning of September 1944, killing its crew. Jerzy B Cynk, in 'The PAF at War' states that this Halifax wreck is almost certainly JP295 as it is the only Polish Halifax unaccounted for. He also says that 'confusing contemporary reports from the Polish Underground linked the Branica wreckage with Liberator EW275, brought down in nearby Olszyny, ten nights earlier. Location : Poland / Hungary / Adriatic.	Missing, believed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Possibly aircraft lost in Adriatic Sea		Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database EW275
109	Witek	Józef	Sierzant Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Flight Sergeant	P.794534	Born 21 April 1915 Kraków (Age 29 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-15	Consolidated Liberator	Vl	KG890	GR-S	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Engaged on Warsaw Supply Drops. Aircraft was shot down by a German Night Fighter and crashed at Nieszkowicach Wielkich, Bosnia . Location : Poland.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. Plot III Row A Grave 2	Kraków Poland	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database KG890	Read Archive Report
110	Witkowski	Leon Zygmunt	Sierzant Mechanic Pokladowy	Sergeant	P.784799	Born 8 February 1915 Gorzany Inowrocław Poland (Age 29 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Brązowy Krzyż Zasługi Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-27	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JD362		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Polish Supply Drops	Baksbokod, Wegrzech, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot IV Row B Grave 1-7		Archiwum Polish Database
111	Woroch	Józef Henryk	Plutonowy Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.794986	Born 28 May 1917 Bremen – Germany (Age 27 whenh killed)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-08-27	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JN895	GR-B	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Supply Drops	Shot down over Hungary making supply drops to the Campimos Forest area, near Warsaw and all crew were killed. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot IV, Row D, Collective Grave 1-7		Archiwum Polish Database
112	Woytanowicz	Lucjan Piotr	Porucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P.2126	Born 13 March 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 8507 Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave 1 To 6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
113	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
114	Zieliński	Edmund	Plutonowy Mechanic Pokladowy	Sergeant	P.780928	Born 28 July 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-13	Consolidated Liberator	lV	KH101		RAF Brindisi, Italy		Warsaw supply drop	Madaras, Hungary. Location : Hungary.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary. Plot III Row C Grave L-6	Budapest, Hungary	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database KH101
115	Ziemiański	Kazimierz	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.1586	Born 23 October 1916 New York – USA (Age 25 when killed)	USA	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1942-04-05	Vickers Wellington	Ic	X9764	NZ-	RAF Lindholme	22:58	Koln	Claim by Oblt Heinrich Petersen 6/NJG1 - near Geerbetz 10km NW of St Trond (6A): 4,900m at 0228. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1942 - Theo Boiten)	Killed on Operational Flight	Burials took place at St Truiden on 7 April 1942 PAF Memorial, Northolt, Heverlee War Cemetery After the war - Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Plot III Row E Grave 3	Polish War Memorial Northolt UK Heverlee Belgium	Archiwum Polish Database