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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	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2001	Niżnik	Adam	Kapral Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.792833	Born 1 June 1919 Rabka Zdrój Nowy Targ (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1943-05-25	Vickers Wellington	X	HF492	SM-M		RAF Hemswell		Appleby, North East of Scunthorpe	On Training Flight. Aircraft dived in, on fire, from 1,000 feet and crashed near Ironworks at Appleby, 5 miles North-East of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire at 11.30am. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section J War Graves Plot Grave 316a	Newark UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database HF492
2002	Nizynski	Jerzy	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.783625	Born 15 June 1920 (Age 20)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	No.55 OTU	1941-04-19	Hawker Hurricane	l	N2337			RAF Aston Down			Killed whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Hylton (Castletown) Cemetery - Durham, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec D Grave 727		Archiwum Polish Database
2003	Nocoń	Piotr	Kapral Pilot	Sergeant	P.792042	Born 4 December 1914 Jaworzno (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-01-22	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1285	GR-S		RAF Hemswell	17:55	Munster	WR 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 Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Section M Grave 307	Newark UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1285
2004	Noga	Herbert	Plutonowy Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.793718	Born 13 April 1921 (Age 24)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	316Sqn (Polish)	1945-07-29	North American P-51d Mustang	lll	FR411	SZ-E		RAF Coltishall, Norfolk	16:00	Ferry Flight	See archive report for further details	Killed	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Blackpool (Layton) Cemetery - Lancashire, United Kingdom. Section B B Grave 465		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
2005	Nogacki	Stanisław	Sierzant Bombardier	Sergeant	P.784506	Born 18 February 1917 Sosnowiec (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1943-06-22	Vickers Wellington	X	HE327	BH-S		RAF Hemswell	23:43	Krefeld	Took off from Hemswell 23.43 22 June 1943 on an Operation to bomb Krefeld . Shot down by Oblt Rudolf Sigmund, IV/NJG1, in a German night fighter 02.35 hours and the Bomber crashed in sea off Dutch coast. Location : North Sea / Netherlands.	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft lost in North Sea off the Dutch Coast		Archiwum Polish Database
2006	Nogaj	Zygmunt	Plutonowy Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.794000	Born 26 April 1914 Poznań (Age 28 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-06-05	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1467	GR-L		RAF Hemswell	23:36	Essen	Claim by Oblt Ludwig Becker 6/NJG2 - Slootdorp (Tiger): 5,200m at 0121. Crashed Molenweg Slootdorp 19km SE of Den Helder.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxii Row B Grave 6-8		Archiwum Polish Database
2007	Nogal	Józef	Porucznik	Flight Lieutenant	P-0065	17.03.1911 Pasieki Ostrołęka	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn Polish	1941-05-02	Wellington	Ic	R1214	SM-T		Syerston	2140	Emden	Took off from Syerston at 21:40 hrs, last heard from, on W/T at 02:32 hrs by Sealand. Shot down nt a night fighter flown by Ltn Reinhold Knacke of I/NJG1. Crashed at Budel (Noord Brabant), 20 kilometers South-South-East of Eindhoven. Location : Netherlands.	PoW. Survived war. Died 12.05.1996 London, U.K. Cremated Putney Vale			Archiwum Polish Database	Buried at Eindhoven: mjr. obs. Malak Wacław Józef Navigator mjr. obs. strz. Ryszkiewicz Mieczysław Józef Tail gunner Unknown Airman, Connected with Wellington R 1214?? Prisoners of War: por. obs. Jastrzębski Aleksander P 0082 por. pil. Nogal Józef P 0065 plut. pil. Kasprzyk 782331 kpr. r/op. Żuk Tadeusz 782265 This was the first time Polish Airmen based in Britain were taken prisoner in German Hands. There was great interest: how would the Germans treat Polish Air Force PoWs? Would their families in occupied Poland suffer reprisals?
2008	Norstrom	John Julius	Staff Sergeant		37565839	1923	American	Togglier		USAAF	8th Air Force	546th Bombardment Squadron (384th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-11-30	B-17	G	43-37713	BK:S		Grafton Underwood (Station #106) Airfield, Northamptonshire, England		Zeitz (Mission #731), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia now Poland					Archive Report
2009	Nosowski	Stefan Kazimierz	Sierzant Pilot Instr	Warrant Officer	P.781282	Born 1 September 1918 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Training Command	No.16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School	1946-05-08	Airspeed Oxford		HN207			RAF Newton		Nuthall, Nottinghamshire	Crashed at Nuthall, Nottinghamshire. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Active Service - whilst flying	, Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery - Yorkshire, United Kingdom Section J Grave 7412		Archiwum Polish Database
2010	Nottingham	T G	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	630Sqn	1944-08-16	Lancaster	I	LL972	LE-T		East Kirkby	2057	Stettin		Killed	Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland
2011	Nowacki	Czechoslovakia Jerzy	Kapitan	Flight Lieutenant	P-1046	21.03.1915 Wałków Krotoszyn	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn Polish	1942-04-26	Wellington	IV	Z1317	GR-U		Hemswell	2214	Rostock	Claimed 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 22.04.2003 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland			Archiwum Polish Database
2012	Nowacki	Stanisław	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.0335	Born 18 January 1908 Warszawa (Age 35 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1944-01-14	Vickers Wellington	XIV	HF198			RAF Predannack		Predannack, Cardigan Bay, Wales	Died at Porlock, Somerset, following loss of aircraft, which crashed in Predannack, Cardigan Bay, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery - Devon, United Kingdom. Section C Plot R/C Grave 10929. Buried 4 February 1944		Archiwum Polish Database
2013	Nowacki	Czechoslovakia Jerzy	Kapitan	Flight Lieutenant	P-1046	Born on the 21st March 1915 at Wałków, Poland	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-10-09	Liberator	III	BZ858	NF-F		Tempsford		Operation Cottage 7	See archive report for further details	Interned. Passed away on the 22nd April 2003 at Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland			Archiwum Polish Database
2014	Nowak	Marian	Sierżant	Warrant Officer	784377	18.11.1914 Poznań	Poland	Flight Engineer	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1944-05-22	Lancaster	I	LL857	BH-B		Faldingworth	2240	Dortmund	Took off from Faldingworth 22.40 22 May 1944 on an Operation to bomb Dortmund. Crew returned home with engine trouble after jettisoning part of bomb load over the sea. Aircraft crashed into the gunnery butts at Faldingworth during landing, killing three of the crew and injuring the rest. Location : United Kingdom.	Injured. Died 14.12.2005 Nowy Sącz, Polska			Archiwum Polish Database
2015	Nowak	Kazimierz	Major Nawig	Squadron Leader	P-0095	04.03.1910 Sosnowiec	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari DFC Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn Polish	1942-06-25	Wellington	II	Z8528	SM-R		Lindholme		Bremen	Aircraft ditched 14 miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on return from Bremen raid. Those who survived the ditching were rescued after eight hours, by a British Warship. The body of Group Captain S J Skarzynski, who was Station Commander at Lindholme, and a famous pre-war pioneer of sporting flights, was carried back across the sea and washed up on Terschelling, where he was buried. After the a/c had made an emergency landing on the water, the crew launched a dinghy. Then when it was the turn of Gp. Capt. Skarzynski, he was probably the last person to leave the a/c, he fatally jumped beside the dinghy. The current took him to the tail of the a/c. The other crew heard him calling for help for a while, after which he eventually drowned.	Survived war. Last known in Canada			Archiwum Polish Database
2016	Nowak	Alfons Antoni Szymon	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0092	Born 24 October 1908 (Age 33)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-12-23	Vickers Wellington	II	W5374	SM-J		RAF Lindholme	17:32	Koln	Crashed at Sibbertoft, 14 miles North-North-West of Northampton, Northamptonshire. Location : United Kingdom. See Archive Report for further details	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Grave Plot Section L Grave 305	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Newark UK	Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report LOST-Rob Philips Memorial Archive Bio (in Polish)
2017	Nowak	Bernard	Sierzant Bombardier	Flight Sergeant	P.794948	Born 6 February 1917 (Age 28)	Poland	Bomb Aimer		PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1945-11-05	Avro Lancaster	I	PD383	BH-		RAF Faldingworth		Ferry Flight	Aircraft crashed with 20 passengers on board, somewhere along its route from Italy to England. Cause unknown.. Location : .	Killed on Transport Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, R.A.F. Roll of honour at St. Clements Danes Church, Malta		Archiwum Polish Database
2018	Nowak	Czeslaw Jan	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.2070	Born 12 May 1919 (Age 25)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		241Sqn	1944-08-30	Supermarine Spitfire	Vlll	JF540			RAF Piagiolino		Italy	Killed whilst attacking an enemy transport column whilst attached to 241 Squadron. Location : Italy.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave. Aircraft crashed in Italy		Archiwum Polish Database
2019	Nowak	Feliks	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.2284	Born 24 April 1919 (Age 28)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.60 OTU	1944-11-09	De Havilland Mosquito	ll	DT244			RAF High Ercall		Haughmond Hill, Shropshire	Aircraft exploded over Haughmond Hill, Shropshire, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Shrewsbury General Cemetery - Shropshire, United Kingdom War Graves Plot Ext 10 Grave 517		Archiwum Polish Database
2020	Nowak	Julian	Sierzant Podchorazy Pilot	Flight Sergeant	P.783577	Born 16 February 1907 (Age 36)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		25Sqn	1943-08-12	De Havilland Mosquito	ll	DD637			RAF Catfoss		Pasture House Farm, Catfoss	Crashed at Pasture House Farm, Catfoss, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom. 1943-08-11/12 Mosquito DD637 25Sqn. Blinded by searchlight on training exercise, dived into ground. Crew: Flt Sgt Nowak and W/O Charles G Kendall (1293123) ORB Report Summary	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Brandesburton (St Mary) Churchyard - Yorkshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Grave 33	Brandesburton UK	Archiwum Polish Database Nowak
2021	Nowak	Jan Michal	Plutonowy Strzelec	Sergeant	P.781492	Born 26 September 1916 (Age 25)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari 9588 BEM Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-07-22	Wellington	IV	Z1472	GR-H		RAF Hemswell	09:10	Air Sea Rescue	Aircraft on ASR to look for Wellington possibly captained by Fg Off Bock. Intercepted by 2 Fw190’s and shot down into the sea. The remaining two members of crew were rescued after 6 hours in their dinghy by a ASR launch which was guided to the location by another Wellington from 301 Squadron.	Killed	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database Z1472
2022	Nowak	Leon	Kapral Pilot	Corporal		Born 29 March 1920 (Age 20)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		"Pa" Front line Flight (Grouppe de Chasse II/8)	1940-05-28								French Campaign 1940	Killed on Training Flight at Deauville. Location : France.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, St Gatien des Boi Cemetery, France		Archiwum Polish Database
2023	Nowak	Marian Leszek	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.1728	Born 3 July 1916 Jędrzejów (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1943-07-03	Vickers Wellington	Xlll	HZ575			RAF Davidstowe Moor		Patrol Duty - Bay of Biscay	Aircraft went missing whilst on patrol in Bay of Biscay area. Presumed Drowned. Location : Bay of Biscay .	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Presumed Drowned in Bay of Biscay area	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database HZ575	ORB Report
2024	Nowak	Tadeusz	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.76704	Born 2 June 1914 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	315Sqn (Polish)	1941-09-21	Supermarine Spitfire	ll	AB927			RAF Northolt		Circus	Shot down by a German fighter near Dover, during a Circus to Gosnay. Pilot ditched his aircraft but was not rescued and subsequently drowned. Location : France.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Quiberville Churchyard - Seine-Maritime, France. Grave 11		Archiwum Polish Database
2025	Nowakiewicz	Eugeniusz Jan Adam	Pilot Officer		783583	Born 02nd January 1920	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	302Sqn Polish	1942-07-23	Spitfire	Vb	BL549	WX-E		RAF Heston	520	Rhubarb	See archive report for details	PoW No: 254 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan	None survived the war		Archiwum Polish Database	Released from PoW camp on 02nd May 1945. Post war, settled in England. At one time ran a potato merchant business with his wife Rita Jane in Osgodby, Lincolnshire. Died in Bury, Lancashire 05th January 1998. Buried at Blackley Cemetery, Lancashire Grave 276	Read Archive Report
2026	Nowakowski	Piotr Mieczysław	sierżant (chorąży)	Sergeant (Warrant Officer)	780119	01.01.1902 Poznań	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x2) DFM	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1941-11-07	Wellington	IV	Z1271	BH-A		Hemswell	1843	Mannheim	The aircraft iced up and crashed near Calais.	PoW/Stalag 8B Teschen/Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW Number 24488. Died 19.10.1958 Blackpool UK			Archiwum Polish Database
2027	Nowakowski	Eugeniusz	Sierzant	Sergeant	P.792477	Born 24 February 1903 (Age 43)	Poland	0		PAF		30 Maintenance Unit	1946-08-11						RAF Sealand			R.A.F. Station Hospital, West Kirby, Cheshire. Location : United Kingdom.	Died on Active Service	, Hawarden Cemetery - Flintshire, United Kingdom. Plot Service Row Section 4g Grave 66		Archiwum Polish Database
2028	Nowakowski	Henryk	Plutonowy Podchorazy uczen Pilot	Sergeant	P.783663	Born 6 July 1919 Mrocza Wyrzysk (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Pilot under training	Medal Lotniczy	PAF		No.18 OTU	1942-10-15	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1482			RAF Bramcote			Killed whilst on a training flight. Location : France.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, initially buried in Campigny Cemetery, Rouen, France, subsequently re-interred Grainville-Langannerie		Archiwum Polish Database
2029	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
2030	Nowicki	Bogusław	Starszy Sierzant Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Flight Sergeant	P.781399	Born 7 November 1915 Fulnek Czechoslovakiaoslovakia (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-05-03	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1183	BH-J		RAF Hemswell	22:55	Hamburg	Took off from Hemswell 22.55 3 May 1942 1942 on an Operation to bomb Hamburg. Attack on Hamburg. Take-off RAF Helmswell 22:55. Hit by the 1. & 2./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 247, also night-fighter claim; crashed into sea west of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein. Claim was Shot down by a German night fighter and crashed into the sea. Location : Germany.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Becklingen War Cemetery - Soltau, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot Xxvii Row A Grave 6	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1183
2031	Nowierski	Tadeusz	Flying Officer		76803	Born on the 22nd June 1907 at Piotrkow Trybunalski, the son of Ludomir and Stanislawa Altdofer.	Poland	Pilot	DFC . Virtuti Militari .	PAF	Fighter Command	609Sqn	1940-10-05	Spitfire	I	N3223	PR-M		RAF Northolt, Middlesex		Patrol	Baled out over Salisbury Plain	Safe	Survived the war. Died 2nd April 1983. Buried in the Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland.		Archiwum Polish Database
2032	Nowinski	Zdzisław Antoni		Flight Sergeant	P.782529		Poland	Bomb Aimer (Pilot)		PAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1942-10-01	Halifax	ll	W7776	NF-B		Tempsford	1800	SOE	This a/c and its crew was briefed to locate Drop Zone RAK 206, which was 1km to the south of Siedlce, Poland; this was also an operation flight known as "Operation Chisel". The a/c also carried some bombs and incendiaries to top up it's maximum allowed weight. All appears to have gone well outbound. The crew took a slightly longer time than planned to find this drop zone, it was located and the agents and equipment were dropped. The bombs were released over railway targets in the area, the a/c then made for home. During the return flight the a/c must have strayed of course slightly and by the time they reached the Yorkshire Coast it was about out of fuel having crossed the coast too far north than was intended. The lack of fuel prevented the crew from locating an airfield and in fact the a/c was so low on fuel that the engines stopped as the pilot began to carry out the forced-landing in a field over-looking the North Sea near Goldsborough, to the north of Whitby at 0730hrs. The a/c had been in the air for almost thirteen and a half hours. The landing was not 100% successful, it ended up in two pieces but the airmen were all safe with no injuries reported. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)	Survived			Archiwum Polish Database
2033	Nowosielski	Boźydar Slepowron	Pilot Officer		P-2728	Age 19	Polish	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Fighter Command	315Sqn Polish	1944-07-30	Mustang	III	FB174	PK-S	1/2 Me 109 destroyed	ALG Brenzett, Kent	PM	Roadstead	See archive report for further brief details	Injured		AR Archives	Archiwum Polish Database	Survived the war and settled in England. Born on the 03rd May 1925 at Lublin, Poland. A graduate of the 14th SPL Promotion 1939. After Poland fell in September 1939, he made his way through Romania and France (St. Etienne Base) to Great Britain, where in October 1942 he was assigned to the 6 AACU at Ringway, Manchester. Died on the 10th August 2008 in Lydney, Gloucestershire, age 85. Awarded 2 x KW and 2 x ML	Read Archive Report
2034	Nowotarski	Mieczysław	Plutonowy Strzelec	Sergeant	P.782245	Born 31 May 1920 Rymanów Krosno (Age 21 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1942-05-03	Vickers Wellington	II	Z8406	SM-G		RAF Lindholme	22:56	Hamburg	The aircraft was intercepted by Leutnant Karl-Heinz Völlkopf of the 5./NJG 2, flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110. Lost without trace. Probably aircraft lost at sea. Location : North Sea W of Vlieland, Friesland	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Probably lost over North Sea	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Archiwum Polish Database
2035	Nurse	K P	Flight Lieutenant		C11767		Canada			RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-04-30	Halifax	II	DT741	LQ-P		Gransden Lodge	.0008.	Essen	Hit by flak and Nightfighter of II / NJG-1 -. Crashed Oosterhout	PoW Poland			Paradie Archive Database	.	BBC Article
2036	O'Leary	O A	Pilot Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	619Sqn	1943-08-17	Lancaster	III	EE147	PG-P		Woodhall Spa	2155	Peenemunde	Crashed vicinity Anklam-Lassan Germany	Killed	Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland		Paradie Archive Database
2037	O’Connell	Joseph Gregory	Staff Sergeant		32447640		American	Ball Turret Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	368th Bomber Squadron (306th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-01-11	B-17 Rationed Passion	F	42-30782	BO-S		Thurleigh (Station #111), Bedfordshire, England		Halberstadt, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland				(OConnell)	Archive Report
2038	Oberdak	Czesław	Podporucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P-2224 / 793214	20 July 1921 Kraków (Age 22 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Fighter Command	306Sqn (Polish)	1944-05-30	North American P-51D Mustang	III	FX979	UZ:A		RAF Coolham		Ramrod 947	See archive report for details	Shot Down 30 May 1944 - Murdered 1945	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Krakow		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
2039	Obiorek	Stanislaw	Sierżant	Sergeant	P.793334	Born 23 September 1914 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari 9249 Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1942-01-10	Vickers Wellington		Z1082			RAF Lindholme		Wilhelmshaven	Aircraft claimed by Lt Adolf Kaiser 6/NJG2 Wadden Sea near Terschelling (Tiger) at 22:00. (Nachtjagd War Diary Vol 1 - Theo Boiten)	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	See more details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1082	Night (42% moon). Lost without trace with six-man crew
2040	Obiorek	Stanislaw	Sierżant	Sergeant	P.793334	Born 23 September 1914 ( Age 25 when killed 27?)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		21(1) Eskadra Bombowa Lekka	1939-09-03	PZL P.23 Karas					Wsola, Poland		Defence of Poland	See archive report for further details	Survived - killed later	See Wellington Z1082 1942				Read Archive Report
2041	Obminski	Czeslaw Jerzy	Sergeant		705030		Poland	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1944-06-11	Lancaster	I	LM141	BH:D		RAF Faldingworth	11:24	Gelsenkirchen	Heavily shot up by flak in the target area and the pilot gave on order to bale out. Entire crew managed successfully to parachute from the burning aircraft and soon all of them were taken prisoner by German soldiers	PoW			Archiwum Polish Database
2042	Obrycki	Karol Jan	Porucznik Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P.0916	Born 14 January 1908 Waszunowo Belarus (Age 35 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1943-06-24	Vickers Wellington	X	HF606	BH-C		RAF Ingham	23:09	Wuppertal	Took off from Ingham 23.09 24 June 1943 on an Operation to bomb Wuppertal. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire and aircraft crashed at Kevelaer. All crew were originally buried in the Nordfriedhof, D. Location : Germany.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot Xxvii Row E Grave 9-12		Archiwum Polish Database
2043	Obrzut	Franciszek	Kapral Strzelec	Leading Aircraftman	P.781224	Born 20 June 1907 at Nowy Sqcz (Age 35)	Poland	Air Gunner		PAF	Technical Training Command	Osroda Zapasowego Lotnictwa	1942-06-30						RAF Blackpool			Died in Edinburgh Hospital. Location : United Kingdom.	Died on Active Service	, Edinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery - Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Section B War Graves Plot Grave 1268		Archiwum Polish Database
2044	Obuchowski	Jan	Porucznik Pilot	Lieutenant		Born 27 May 1909 (Age 31)	Poland	Pilot	CV (Posthumous - Inspector PSP Order No.14/40)	PAF		1/145 Warsaw Fighter Wing	1940-06-09								French Campaign 1940	Vernon. Location : France. Brought down a Dornier Do-17 and a ME-109	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave		Archiwum Polish Database
2045	Ochędzan	Jan Andrzej	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P-1729 / 783473	Born 13 December 1916 ParciceWieruszów (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1943-12-19	Vickers Wellington	X	HF598	BH-M		RAF Ingham	11:00	Hackthorn, Lincolnshire	Took off from Ingham 11.00 19 December 1943 on an Air Test. Crashed eleven minutes later one mile South West of Hackthorn, 7 miles North North East of Lincoln. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec N Grave 319a		Archiwum Polish Database
2046	Ogorzał	Mieczysław Franciszek	Kapral Bombardier	Flight Sergeant	P.704316	Born 6 November 1920 Ropczyce (Age 24 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1945-02-13	Avro Lancaster	I	PA185	BH-W		RAF Faldingworth	21:47	Dresden	Took off from Faldingworth 21.47 13 February 1945 on an Operation to bomb Dresden. Mid-air collision with another Lancaster (NF932) from 550 Squadron, twelve minutes after take-off, and whilst still gaining height. Both aircraft exploded and fell at Scotts Farm, Apley, some 3 miles south-west of Wragby, Lincolnshire. Location : .	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section J War Graves Plot Grave 327	Newark UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA185
2047	Ogrodnik	Tadeusz	Kapral Strzelec	Flight Sergeant	P.705552	Born 11 November 1917 Lwów Ukraine (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner		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
2048	Ogrodnik	Teodor	Kapral Strzelec	Sergeant	P.794660	Born 19 February 1919 (Age 23)	Poland	Air Gunner	Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1943-02-03	Vickers Wellington	lll	BK303	BH-Q		RAF Hemswell	17:32	Gardening - L'Orient	Took off from Hemswell 17.32 3 February 1943 on a Gardening (Mine-laying) Operation in Franch waters off L'Orient. Lost without trace, presumably over the sea.. Location : .	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt. ,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database BK303
2049	Ogrodnik	Zdzisław	Starszy Szeregowiec Radio Operator 1923	Sergeant	P.704449	Born 16 May 1923 Lwów Ukraine (Age 20 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF		No.6 OTU	1944-05-05	Vickers Wellington	XII	MP541			RAF Silloth		Training	Killed whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Missing, believed Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost on training flight		Archiwum Polish Database
2050	Okonski	Brunon Pawel	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0096	Born 25 October 1910 (Age 31)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 9127 Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-07-10	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1762	SM-G		RAF Syerston	23:12	Osnabruck	Shot down by a night-fighter. aircraft shot down and crashed at Schwefingen-Meppen, Germany.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot Xxvii Row G Grave 17	Reichswald, Germany	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database R1762	1941-07-10 305Sqn R1762 Took off 2312 9 July 1941 from Syerston. Shot down by a night-fighter. aircraft shot down and crashed at Schwefingen-Meppen, Germany. Sgt Jan DEBIEC (P780642) PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe), Fg Off Mieczyslaw MARCOLA (P0098), Sgt Jan MIKSZO (P782327) PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe), Sgt Mieczyslaw MINTA (P780192) PoW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe), Sgt Waclaw SIEMINSKI (P782220) PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus, Kapitan Brunon Powel OKONSKI (P/0096) Killed buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery