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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
201 BoberMieczysław EugeniuszPlutonowy PilotSergeantP.782688Born 6 June 1920 (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-06-06Vickers WellingtonIVR1390GR-ERAF Hemswell23:54EmdenClaim by Rudolf Schoenert 4/NJG2 - Borkum: 4,900m at 0227, aircraft crashed in Sea. Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave, lost over Germany / North Sea
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202 BobitkoMichalPodporucznik uczenpilotPilot Officer?Born 22 August 1917 (Age 26)PolandPilotPAFTraining CommandNo.24 (P) Elementary Flying Training School1944-07-28Tiger Moth?RAF HucknallHaltonDied from Pulmonary Tuberculosis - possibly contracted at the hospital where he was receiving treatment following an air accident. Crashed unknown Tiger Moth of 25 P EFTS RAF Hucknall, badly injured with burns to face and hands. Admitted to: RAF Hucknall SSQ then Nottingham Hospital 29/12/43 and RAF Hospital Rauceby 06/01/44. Transferred to Queen Victoria Hospital QVH: 23/02/1944. 2 Operations at East Grinstead. Polish member of the Guinea Pig club. Died at Princess Mary's RAF Hospital Halton of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and buried at Newark Cemetery.. Location : United Kingdom.Died from Pulmonary Tuberculosis PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec O, Grave 324

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203 BochaczekAntoniKapral Mechanik StrzelecSergeantP.780855Born 4 April 1920 Nowy Targ (Age 21 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyż Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-03-26Vickers WellingtonIVZ1262GR-RRAF Hemswell19:52EssenBelieved shot down by flak near Dusseldorf whilst on homeward journey. Location : Germany.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot X Row A Grave 1-3


Polish Memorial Northolt UK

Reichswald, Kleve Germany
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204 BocheńskiKazimierzSierzant PilotSergeantP.793643Born 20 December 1899 Czeczelnik (Age 41 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1941-02-17Boulton-Pail DefiantlN3314EW-RAF Squires GateTraining FlightDived into ground during a low roll at Wrea Green, Lancashire, two miles West of Kirkham, whilst on a Training Flight from Squires Gate. Both crew were killed. Location : United Kingdom. 307 Squadron 14 October 1940Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Blackpool (Layton) Cemetery - Lancashire, United Kingdom. Sec B B Grave 442

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205 BochicchioVito Joseph2nd LieutenantPilot OfficerO-6820471917AmericanBombardierUSAAF8th Air Force787th Bomber Squadron (466th Bombardment Group (H))1944-04-29B-24 Tell Me MoreH41-287546L:NAttlebridge (Station #120), Norfolk, EnglandGelsenkirchen, GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland
206 BockHarry LudomirPodporucznik PilotPilot OfficerP.1592Born 3 November 1919 Warszawa (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-07-21Vickers WellingtonIVZ1405GR-TRAF Hemswell23:46DuisburgAircraft lost without trace. Probably crashed in North Sea. Location : Germany / North Sea.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Probably lost over North Sea


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database Z1405
207 BoćkowskiZygmuntPlutonowy PilotFlight SergeantP.703897Born 5 September 1922 Sokółka (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command316Sqn (Polish)
1945-04-11North American P-51d MustanglllHB878RAF Andrews FieldRAF Andrews FieldMustangs FB164 and HB 878 collided. Both Pilots were killed. Killed during a training flight when two Mustangs collided over Airfield. Location : United Kingdom.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Epping Cemetery - Essex, United Kingdom. Row Section Z Grave 8
Courtesy Yolanda Henry (née Stankiewicz)


Family grave

Courtesy Yolande Henry (née Stankiewicz)

Archiwum Polish DatabaseSon of Jan and Karolina Bockowska. Born 5th September 1922 of Sokolka, Poland.
208 BogdanowiczHenryk MarianSierżantWarrant Officer79442110.01.1913 Brzostowica Wlk. BiałoruśPolandAir GunnerKrzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAF1586 Special Duties Flight SOE1944-09-11Consolidated LiberatorEW278RAF Brindisi, ItalyPolish Supply DropShot down by nightfighter. Crashed at Senta, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.PoW. Survived war. Died 09.1992 Derby UK Archiwum Polish Database
209 BogusiakJózefSierzant Radio OperatorSergeantP.782812Born 12 February 1916 Anielin Kalisz (Age 26 when killed)PolandRadio OperatorMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber CommandNo.18 OTU1942-05-17Vickers WellingtonlcN2806RAF Bramcote Chollerford, near Hexham, Northumberland Took off from Bramcote on a Night Cross Country Flight. Seen at 01.25 on fire and crashed shortly after on the Roman Wall near Chollerford, three miles North-North-West of Hexham, Northumberland. Location : United Kingdom. Accidentally Killed on Training Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot Row Section L Grave 309

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210 Bogusławski Stefan MieczysławPorucznik NawigFlying OfficerP.1976Born 11 May 1916 Gałki Płock (Age 27 when killed)PolandNavigatorKrzyż Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1943-06-28Vickers Wellington XHZ438BH-JRAF Ingham22:45KolnOperation to bomb Koln. Shot down over Hageland (Belgium) by night fighter Oberleutnant Paul Zorner 1NJG3. Then it crashed at 0222 in Sint-Pieters-Rode.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Saint-Pieter's Rhode Churchyard, Brabant, Belgium.

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211 BoguszKazimierzKapral StrzelecSergeant P.782542Born 28 October 1915 Warszawa (Age 28 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyż Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-06-30Avro LancasterIIIED814BH-NRAF Faldingworth22:18VierzonTook off from Faldingworth 22.16 30 June 1944 on an Operation to bomb railway yards at Vierzon. Shot down by a German night fighter and crashed Le Bois Carre, near Beauvilliers, Loir-et-Cher, 5 km North West from Ouceques at 03.17.. Location : France. Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Originally buried in the Military Plot at Beauvilliers, 30 miles from Orleans, but were later moved to the Polish Field of Honour at Grainville-Langannieres, Calvados, France
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212 BoguszewskiBolesławPodporucznik StrzelecPilot OfficerP.1853Born 1 June 1910 StefanowoBielsk Podl. (Age 32 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyż Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1942-07-26Vickers Wellington lVZ1270BH-T RAF Ingham22:37HamburgAfter bombing target flew a reciprocal course and whilst over the sea, flying at 19,000 feet was badly shot about by a German Night Fighter. The Pilot set a course for Sweden but was forced to ditch off the Danish Coast, near Westerland.

Claim by Hptm Paul Kratz II/NJG2 - Sylt Beach North Sea at 0245.
Died of Wounds received in Action PAF Memorial, Northolt, Kiel War Cemetery - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Plot IV Row H Grave 7
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213 BoguszewskiWladyslawStarszy Szeregowiec MechLeading AircraftmanP.782088Born 10 February 1911 (Age 30)PolandMechanicPAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1941-10-21RAF LindholmeDied in Emergency Hospital, Winwick of Injuries received in a Road Traffic Accident - Run over by a Motor Car in Thom Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Location : United Kingdom. Killed in Road Traffic Accident, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Polish Plot. Grave O 304Archiwum Polish Database
214 BohanesStefanPlutonowy Radio OperatorWarrant OfficerP.784633Born 31 July 1914 (Age 30)PolandRadio OperatorVirtuti Militari

, CV
PAFBomber Command1586 Special Duties Flight SOE1944-08-16Handley Page HalifaxllJP220GR-CRAF Brindisi, ItalyWarsaw supply dropAircraft was shot down after supply drop to Warsaw area. The First Pilot, W/O L Owsiany, was wounded at made Prisoner of War. The rest of the crew were taken care of by the Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa. Location : Poland. Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland Plot I Row A Grave 11Archiwum Polish Database
215 BohuszewiczWitoldPodporucznikPilot OfficerP-063825 March 1914 Sobotnik PolandPolandPilotPAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1942-04-26WellingtonIVZ1317GR-UHemswell2214RostockClaimed hit by 2/Res Flak Abt 525 over Rostock between 0223 and 0226. Abschussmeldung (Claim message) bears a hand-written note by OKL “wird nict anerkannt" (will not be confirmed). Over the target both engines were hit by flak and the a/c then entered a spin. The pilot managed to regain control at 5,000ft. Due to the damage they set course for Sweden and crashed landed at Ystad at 0300.Interned. Returned to the UK 14 February 1943.

Died 6 January 1944 Casamassima, Italy.
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216 BohuszewiczWitoldPorucznik PilotFlight LieutenantP.0638Born 25 March 1914 Sobotniki Belarus (Age 29 when killed)PolandPilotZłoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command1586 Special Duties Flight SOE1944-01-06Consolidated LiberatorlllBZ859GR-JRAF Brindisi, ItalySupply drop to PolandOne of four aircraft engaged in Supply Drop to Poland. This aircraft was the only one to accomplish its task but was damaged by anti-aircraft fire, returning on three engines. Crashed into the sea at Grotaglie, off Brindisi, Italy during landing attempt. Only the second pilot. F/Lt K Dobrowolski survived. Location : Italy.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Polish Cemetery at Casamassima, Italy (some reports No Known Grave - Drowned off Brindisi, Italy)


Cassamassima Polish Cemetery, Italy
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217 BoisseauJohn Eugene Technical SergeantSergeant190780781919AmericanEngineerUSAAF8th Air Force327th Bomber Squadron (92nd Bombardment Group (H))1944-10-03B-17 InsomniaG43-38396UC:JPodington (Station #109), Bedfordshire, EnglandNürnberg, GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland (Moved to Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia now Poland).
218 BojakowskiTadeuszSierzant PilotSergeantP.78023218 September 1912 (Age 28)PolandPilotVirtuti Militari

9056
Krzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1941-05-08Vickers Wellington IcR1227GR-MRAF Swinderby23:18BremenTook off from Swinderby 2318 hrs. Last heard from on w/t at 0155 hrs when NGZ was received. Lt Rolf Bokemeyer 5/NJG1 claimed this aircraft as a probable. North Sea 10-15 Km W Wesselbüren at 0235 hrs. Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost over North Sea


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Further details Archiwum Polish Database R12271941-05-09 Wellington 1c R1227 301Sqn. Crew: Took off 2318 8 May 1941 from Swinderby. Last heard on W/T at 0155 9 May 1941 when 'NGZ' (sic) was received. Sergeant T Bojakowski (Polish), Pilot Officer W Brzozowski (P-0237) (Polish) Plot IV Row C Grave 13. at Sage War Cemetery, Germany , Flying Officer S Rewkowski (Polish), Sergeant A Lipecki (Polish), Sergeant K Golebiowski (Polish), Flying Officer I Dudek (Polish): killed; aircraft failed to return from operational flight over Bremen. 93% moon. Lt Rolf Bokemeyer 5/NJG1 claimed this aircraft as a probable. North Sea 10-15 Km W Wesselbüren at 0235 hrs. (Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1).
219 BojarczukRomauldStarszy Sierzant pchor. PilotWarrant OfficerP.783111Born 11 January 1920 (Age 26)PolandPilotVirtuti Militari

, CV
PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1946-01-18Vickers WarwicklllHG273RAF ChedburghR.A.F. ChedburghAircraft was turning onto its final approach to land, but overshot the centre line. The Pilot attempted to make a flat turn to align the aircraft with the runway, but allowed the aircraft to stall, it dived into the ground and was destroyed by fire. The Pilot was killed and the other two crew members, W/O M Borek and W/O S Zurek, were injured. Location : United Kingdom. Killed in Flying Accident, Honington (All Saints) Churchyard (Suffolk) - Suffolk, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot Row E Grave 12Archiwum Polish Database
220 BojarczukRomualdSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78311111.01.1920 Płoskie ZamośćPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber CommandNo.18 OTU1943-11-13Vickers WellingtonlllBK448RAF Finningley Flying Accident at Bircotes aerodrome, Yorkshire. Location : United Kingdom. Survived Flying Accident. Died 18.01.1946 Honington, Suffolk, U.K.
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221 Bojeński (Bieschke)Józef JanKapralAircraftman 1st Class / Leading AircraftmanP.707554Born 1 December 1910 Strzyżów as Jan Bieschke (Age 35)PolandCookMedal Lotniczy

PAF131 Wing1945-04-13RAF NordornNordhorn Killed when German Grenade exploded. Location : Kleve, Germany. Killed in Accident (Serving as Jozef Bojenski) (Actually Jan Bieschke) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XIV Row B Grave 6
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222 Bojeński (born Bieschke)BieschkeKapralAircraftman 1st Class / Leading AircraftmanP.707554Born 1 December 1910 Strzyżów as Jan Bieschke (Age 35 when killed)PolandACH General Duties (cook)Medal Lotniczy

PAF131 Wing1945-04-13RAF NordornNordhorn Killed when German Grenade exploded. Location : Germany. Killed in Accident (Serving as Jozef Bojenski) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XIV Row B Grave 6img src="/AircrewDeaths39-47/aircrewdeathsDBImages/reichswald.jpg" alt="" width="150">Archiwum Polish Database
223 BokłażecMikołajPlutonowySergeantP.793772Born 24 December 1918 Brańsk – Russia (Age 23 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFTraining Command27 Group1942-11-29Percival ProctorlllDX188RAF HerefordHereford Aircraft crashed whilst landing at Hereford aerdrome, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Hereford Cemetery - Herefordshire, United Kingdom. Plot R C Grave 2465
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224 BokrośJanKapral Radio Operator StrzelecelecFlight SergeantP.7948169 January 1920 (Age 24)PolandRadio OperatorMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300 Sqn (Polish)
1944-06-12Avro LancasterIIIDV286BH:CRAF Faldingworth23:02GelsenkirchenClaim by Lt Gottfried Hanneck 6/NJG1 - IJsselmeer 3km South of Wijdenes: 2,500m at 01:43. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)

Aircraft caught fire and crashed into the sea. Plt Off B F Morski was rescued by two Dutch fishermen then later transferred to a German Naval vessel coming back from bombing raid.. Location : North Sea / Netherlands.
Killed in Action, operational flightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost in North Sea off the Dutch Coast

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225 BolcewiczHenrykChorążyWarrant Officer 78224112.09.1919 Petersburg – RussiaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301 Sqn Polish
1941-11-07WellingtonIVZ1277GR:ZHemswell18:47MannheimSee archive report for detailsPoW No. 24522, Stalag 357. Died 22.04.2013 Newark-on-Trent, Notts., U.K.Archiwum Polish Database
226 BolesławskiJerzyPlutonowyLeading AircraftmanP.780446Born 25 July 1921 Garbatka Kozienice (Age 19 when killed)PolandMechanicMedal Lotniczy

PAFTraining CommandNo.16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School1941-07-18RAF NewtonNewton, NottinghamshireKilled in a Motorcycle accident, with his passenger, AC2 P Martowicz, in Sheffield Road, Newton, Nottinghamshire. Location : United Kingdom. Killed in a Motorcycle accident Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Polish Plot. Grave L 303
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227 BolkeL CFlight Sergeant1380047Air GunnerRAFVRBomber Command431Sqn RCAF
1943-04-10WellingtonXHE213SE-FRAF Bourn, Yorkshire2315FrankfurtSee archive report for full detailsPoW No: 42727 Camp: Stalag Kopernikus (Torun, Poland)None - thought to have survived the war Read Archive Report
228 BoltonT OFlight SergeantBomber Command49Sqn
1945-02-08LancasterIII ME353EA-QFulbeck1649PolitzKilledPoznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland
229 BondarJózefPilot OfficerP-106808.07.1916 Trycze BelarusPolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter303Sqn Polish
1941-06-17SpitfireIIP8641Circus 14Crash landed NortholtWounded Archiwum Polish Database
230 BondarJózefPorucznikPilot OfficerP-106808.07.1916 Trycze Belarus (Age 24 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter303Sqn Polish
1941-06-28SpitfireIIP8346RAF NortholtCircus 26 - Day bombers escorted by fightersShot down by Emil Bendarz during early morning, aircraft crashed near LilleKilledMemorial at crash site, Aubers Ridge British Cemetery, Aubers - Nord, France. Plot VI Row G Grave 2, PAF Memorial Northolt,






Archiwum Polish DatabaseAttacker Emil Bendarz


Courtesy AndyBailey
231 BondarczukArkadiuszPlutonowyFlight SergeantP.793159Born 20 January 1917 Zdołbunów Ukraine (Age 26 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command306Sqn (Polish)
1943-09-27Supermarine SpitfireVbEE683RAF HestonRamrod 250No.2 Wing encountered German Fw 190s. Aircraft crashed into the sea and Pilot drowned. Location : North Sea. 306 Squadron 1 January 1943Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft lost in North Sea
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232 BonkLeon StanisławSierzant Radio Operator StrzelecelecFlight SergeantP.792591Born 1 November 1919 Warszawa (Age 23 when killed)PolandRadio Operator / Air GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFSpecial Duties - Bomber Command138Sqn (Special)
1943-07-12Handley Page HalifaxllJD155NF-MRAF TempsfordSOE. - Operation Roach 94 / Roach 92Took off from Tempsford on SOE Operation Roach 94 / Roach 92 - Supply drop for French Partisans - and headed for France. Crashed at 00:30 hours at Chateau d'Lillebec, St Paul-sur-Risle, Eure, France. Location : France.Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Pont-Audemer Communal Cemetery - Eure, France. Row C Grave 17-18 Joint




Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database JD155
233 BonkowskiRoman Starszy Sierzant PilotSergeantP.780034Born 17 July 1909 Warszawa (Age 31 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1941-06-18Vickers WellingtonIcR1365GR-RAF Swinderby22:24BremenTook off from Swinderby at 22:20 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Ofw Paul Gildner 4/NJG1, and crashed into the sea off Terschelling at 02:34 hrs. Location : North Sea / Netherlands.Killed on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft crashed in North Sea
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234 BoratyńskiKajetan LudwikKapitanFlight Lieutenant P-061522.07.1907 Gródek Nowy SączPolandNavigatorMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command18 OTU
1942-06-25WellingtonICDV765XW-HBramcote2255BremenEmergency landing near Lollum Municipality Wonseradeel at 0500 hours.PoW No. 2154 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria

Died 03.12.1980 London, U.K.

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235 BorchardtClarence F.Staff Sergeant36323929AmericanRight Waist GunnerUSAAF8th Air Force336th Bomber Squadron (95th Bombardment Group (H))1943-07-26B-17F42-5893 Sad SaxET:FHorham (Station #119), Suffolk, EnglandHanover (Mission #77), GermanySee Archive report for detailsPoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland
236 BoreckiBolesław AndrzejKapral StrzelecSergeantP.792083Born 18 May 1914 Lipno (Age 27 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyż Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-01-22Vickers WellingtonIVZ1285GR-SRAF Hemswell17:55MunsterWR Chorley’s entry records that the a/c was lost through fighter activity. However, there is no evidence in the definitive Night Fighter/ Flak publications nor in the records of Polish Air Force losses that support this claim. Therefore the reason for the loss of the a/c is unknown.

The bodies of the Pilot, Navigator and an Air Gunner were washed up on the Lincolnshire coast, but there was no trace of the other three members of the crew . Body not recovered until early May 1942.
Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft lost in North Sea, off the Lincolnshire Coast


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1285
237 BorkowskiHenrykPorucznikFlying OfficerP-2257 / 79489310.07.1919 Toruń (Age 35 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter303Sqn Polish
1944-08-18SpitfireIXEN527RAF WesthampnettRamrod 1214Escorting B-26 bombers; Crashed after loosing wing in a steep dive, when attacking Ammunition Dump at Beaumont-sur-Oise, near Vauroux, FranceKilledPAF Memorial, Northolt, Le Vauroux Cemetery, 8 miles from Beauvais, France. Military Plot, Grave 1



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238 BorkowskiBronisławSierzant Mechanic SergeantP.784870Born 9 October 1906 Randki (Age 39)PolandMechanicBrązowy Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy

PAF6317 British Air Force of Occupation CommnicationSqn1945-12-20 Killed in a Motorcycle accident in Masselina (Niemcy) . Location : Germany. Killed in a Motorcycle accident Cloppenburg Cemetery, Germany. Grave 6Archiwum Polish Database
239 BorkowskiStanisławStarszy Szeregowiec StrzelecSergeantP.703153Born 1 January 1920 Lwów (Age 23 when killed)PolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber CommandNo.18 OTU1943-05-22Vickers WellingtonlllBJ656RAF Finningley12:01 Swanbourne, Near Winslow Buckinghamshire Took off from Finningley at 12:01 for a Cross-Crontry Flight. Aircraft broke up in the air and crashed at Swanbourne, two miles East-South-East of Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Location : United Kingdom.Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Halton (St Michael) Churchyard - Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot 5 War Graves Row A Grave 136

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240 BorodejMieczysław KarolPlutonowy PilotWarrant Officer78096812.09.1914 Stanisławów UkrainePolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x2)
PAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1941-10-21WellingtonIVZ1217GR-WHemswellBremenBelieved shot down by flakPoW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Died 22.05.1983 Wrocław, Poland
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241 BorowiakJózefPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-2196 / 79393510.01.1921 Kąkolewo LesznoPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

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PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-05-05WellingtonIIW5573SM-OLindholme2208StuttgartReturning to base, crash landed 4 miles NNE of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Crashed near Blyton LINCSSurvived. Died 01.12.1984 Austin, TX, USA
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242 BorowiakJózefPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-2196 / 79393510.01.1921 Kąkolewo LesznoPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

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PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-06-05WellingtonIIZ8601SM-MLindholme2308EssenDitched 10 miles East of Aldeburgh Suffolk UK. Rescued by HMS CampbellRescued. Died 01.12.1984 Austin, TX, USA
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243 BorowiczLubomir Kazimieriez Porucznik NawigFlying Officer P.0586Born 27 March 1914 Poznań (Age 28 when killed)PolandNavigatorKrzyż Walecznych (x3 - 1 posthumous)

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PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1942-11-08Vickers Wellington lVZ1343BH-LRAF Ingham18:54GardeningTook off from Ingham 18.54 8 November 1943 on Gardening (Mine-laying Operations) in the Carrots area of Denmark's East Coast. Aircraft ditched in Vejle Fiord and two of crew were thrown clear and rescued by local people, who had heard the crash. These two were subsequently made Prisoners of War. Location : Denmark.Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark. Plot A3 Row 8 Grave 5


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244 BorowskiKazimierzPororucznikFlying OfficerP-066804.03.1914 Grodno BelarusPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

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PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-08-20WellingtonIVZ1471SM-OHemswell2100GardeningHit by Flak at 700ft near the Island of Sein and ditched. It took six hours for a French fishing boat to rescue them allPoW No. 636 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria

Died 23.04.2013 Auckland, New Zealand
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245 BorowskiJanPorucznik PilotFlying OfficerP-0250Born 31 May 1912 (Age 28)PolandPilotVirtuti Militari

PAFFighter Command302Sqn (Polish)
1940-10-18Hawker HurricanelP3930WX-XRAF Northolt15:06Scramble. Kempton Park, Sunbury, MiddlesexSee archive report for further detailsKilledPAF Memorial, Northolt, Northwood Cemetery - Middlesex, United Kingdom. Service Section H Grave 269


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246 BorusiewiczZbigniewPodporucznik PilotPilot OfficerP.1593Born 1 November 1911 Stare Sioło Ukraine (Age 30 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command317Sqn (Polish)
1942-04-28Supermarine SpitfireVbAD361RAF NortholtCircus 144 to St Omer, mid-day Believed aircraft was lost over the English Channel, off the French Coast. Location : English Channel. Killed on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft lost in English Channel, off the French Coast
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247 BorzęckiStanisław JózefPodporucznik PilotPilot OfficerP.1543Born 8 May 1921 Słobódka Dżuryńska Ukraine (Age 20 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych

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PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1941-10-20Vickers Wellington IcN2852NZ-RAF Lindholme18:12EmdenHit by Flak of Flakgruko II. Marine Flak Brigade (Wilhelmshaven). Crashed in North Sea North East of Mellum at 21:12. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 2 - Theo Boiten). Last heard sending an SOS signal.Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost in North Sea


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
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248 BorzemskiCzesławPorucznik NawigFlight LieutenantP-094722.03.1909 Tarnopol UkrainePolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych

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PAFFighter307Sqn Polish
1943-08-02MosquitoIIHJ700Instep Patrol Returning over France he was shot down. Pulled from wreckage by German patrol and taken prisoner PoW. Died in London and cremated at Mortlake, Interred 27.06.1984 Gliwice, PolandMortlake Cemetery
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249 BosekHenryk Gerwazy JozefKapral StrzelecSergeantP.782481Born 18 June 1915 Warszawa (Age 26 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyz Walecznych

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PAFBomber Command305Sqn (Polish)
1942-01-22RAF Lindholme Died of Injuries, received in a Car Accident, in St James's Hospital, Leeds, Yorkshire. Location : United Kingdom. Died on Active ServiceNewark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot Section I Row War Graves Plot Grave 306aArchiwum Polish Database
250 Bosek Henry Gerwazy, Droździk Karol Józef, Grom Piotr Paweł, Lach Józef, Rymkiewicz CzeslawPolandPAFBomber CommandNo.18 OTU1941-09-05Vickers WellingtonlcX97951941-09-05 Wellington 1c X9795 18 OTU Crashed landing in fog. Flying Officer M Sukniewicz (P/0110) (Polish) buried Nuneaton Oaston Rd: killed; Flying Officer C Rymkiewiez (Polish), Flying Officer J Lach (Polish), Flying Officer S Ostaszewski (Polish), Sergeant P Grom (Polish), Sergeant K Droździk (Polish), Sergeant H Bosek (Polish): uninjured. Bosek died 5 months later in Leeds, buried Newark.Killed on Training FlightFuller details at Archiwum Polish Database X9795

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