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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	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2501	Ruciński	Witwold Wacław	Sierzant Mechanic Pokladowy	Flight Sergeant	P.792655	Born 18 November 1921 Kowel Ukraine (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	1662 HCU	1944-11-21	Handley Page Halifax	V	LL126		RAF Blyton, Lincolnshire	1550	Training - night cross country	Killed at Long Ashton, Bristol, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section K War Graves Plot Grave 326a		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
2502	Rudakowski	Henryk Anatoliusz	Kapitan	Squadron Leader	P-1770	Born Warsaw, 3 July 1913 (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1945-04-09	Avro Lancaster	III	LM632	BH-O	RAF Faldingworth	19:56	Kiel	One of 15 Lancasters from the Squadron which took off from Faldingworth 19.56 9 April 1945 on an Operation to bomb Keil. Shot down by anti-aircraft fire, over German Battle Cruiser "Admiral Scheer" and aircraft fell into the sea and the crew drowned. This aircraft had been on 18 combat sorties. Location : Germany.	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	Polish War Memorial, RAF Northolt, Panel 60.		Archiwum Polish Database
2503	Rudek	Jan	Porucznik	Flying Officer	P.2021	Born 6 March 1913 Gutawy Radomsko (Age 30 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1943-04-08	Vickers Wellington	X	HE148	BH-T	RAF Hemswell	21:04	Duisburg	Took off from Hemswell 21.40 9 April 1943 on an Operation to Duisburg. Shot down by Kreigsmarine anti-aircraft fire near the Dutch coast. Crashed into sea 23.07, about 20 km West of Dutch port of Ijmuiden . Three bodies came ashore, those of Sgt S Slusarski, P/O J Rudek, Sgt S Stepien and are buried in Bergen General Cemetery. Location : Holland	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen General Cemetery - Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Plot II Row E Grave 5	Bergen General, Holland	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database HE148
2504	Rudel	Andrzej	Starszy Sierzant Strzelec	Flight Sergeant	P.2021	Born 22 July 1905 (Age 37)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari 9440 Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-07-22	Wellington	IV	Z1472	GR-H	RAF Hemswell	910	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,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database Z1472
2505	Rudkowski	Roman	Pułkownik	Group Captain	76621	12.05.1898 Przemyśl	Polish	Pilot (Dispatcher)	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x4)	PAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1941-11-01	Halifax	II	L9612	NF-	Linton on Ouse		Special Duties	Ran out of fuel over Denmark whilst returning from Operation Ruction to Ugor, Poland. Crash landed at Tomelilla near Ystad in Sweden. Aircraft set on fire before crew surrendered to Swedish police.	Interned.		North Sheen Cemetery UK	Archiwum Polish Database
2506	Rudlicki	Jerzy	Starszy Sierzant Nawig	Sergeant	P780347	Born 8 October 1921 (Age 19)	Poland	Navigator		PAF	Bomber Command	No.18 OTU	1941-04-23	Avro Anson	I	R3408		RAF Bramcote		Training Flight	Took off from Bramcote on a Night Navigation Exercise. Strayed about 20 miles off intended course and entered the Midland Barrage Balloon Defences. At around 23:38 hts the aircraft struck a cable and came down at Stole House, Walsgrave on Stow, on the Eastern outskirts of Coventry. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery - Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Row Section H Grave Joint 99		Archiwum Polish Database
2507	Rudnicki	Edward	Plutonowy	Corporal	P.783700	Born 24 March 1905 at Zalozce, Zborow District, Tarnopol Province (Age 37)	Poland			PAF	Technical Training Command	P.S.P.	1942-08-19					RAF Blackpool		Edinburgh, Scotland	Died in Edinburgh Hospital. Location : United Kingdom.	Died on Active Service	, Edinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery - Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Row Section B Grave Joint 1272		Archiwum Polish Database
2508	Rudowski	Eugeniusz Tomasz	Major Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P-1370	14.06.1907 Ciechanów	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	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. Died 05.03.1976 Canada			Archiwum Polish Database
2509	Rueger	Stefan Piotr	Kapral Strzelec	Sergeant	P.794248	Born 1 July 1923 (Age 19)	Poland	Air Gunner		PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1942-08-29	Vickers Wellington		N1480		RAF Hemswell		Saarbrucken	Died at Manston, Kent, of Injuries received in Action. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Row Sec H Grave 811		Archiwum Polish Database
2510	Rulewski	Józef Julian	St. Sierżant	Warrant Officer	782902	08.01.1920 Bydgoszcz	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x2) Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn Polish	1942-01-26	Wellington	II	Z8372	SM-Q	Lindholme	1757	Hannover	Hit by flak over target, managed to return on one engine, caught fire on landing from an exploded flare.	Survived war. Died12.04.1952 Newark-on-Trent UK			Archiwum Polish Database
2511	Rulong	Harry E.	Staff Sergeant		33438883	1923	American	Tail Gunner		USAAF	8th Air Force	418th Bomber Squadron (100th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-06-24	B-17 Return Ticket	G	42-97065	LD:F	Temporary airbase Framlingham (Station #153), Suffolk, England		Rouen (Mission #438), France	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland					Archive Report
2512	Runiewicz	Marian Emanuel	Porucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P.1138	Born 15 July 1909 Tarnopol Ukraine (Age 34 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1943-08-02	Vickers Wellington	X	HZ467	SM-C	RAF Inghan	23:59	Hamburg	Shot down by a German Night-Fighter, and crashed at Elskop, Holstein on Kemper Marsch, 3 miles South of Krempe, where they were all buried on 6 August. Bodies were later exhumed and re-buried in Kiel War Cemetery. Location : Germany.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Kiel War Cemetery - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Plot V Row A Grave 18		Archiwum Polish Database
2513	Rusinski	Edmund	Plutonowy Strzelec	Flight Sergeant	P.783974	Born 24 April 1917 Szczepankowo Mogilno (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		138Sqn SOE	1943-07-12	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JD155		RAF Tempsford		SOE - Operation Roach 94 / Roach 92	Took 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 Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Grainville-Langannerie Cemetery, France. Plot VIII, Row D, Grave 12	Polish Field of Honour Grainville-Langannerie france	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database JD155
2514	Ruszel	Ludwik	Plutonowy Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.794191	Born 7 April 1914 Niechobrz Rzeszów (Age 28 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1942-08-20	Vickers Wellington	lc	Z1172		RAF Dale		South Stack, Anglesey, North Wales	Crashed in the sea near South Stack / Tre-arddur Bay, Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section K War Graves Plot Grave 310g	Newark UK	Fuller details: Archiwum Polish Database Z1172
2515	Rutecki	Alojzy	Sierzant Pilot	Warrant Officer	780703	Born 4 July 1919 Grudziadz, Poland (Age 26)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	303Sqn (Polish)	1945-08-20	North American P-51d Mustang	lll	KM113		RAF Andrews Field		Training	Killed in mid-air collision with Mustang KM201 flown by F/Sgt S Magdziak during a Training Flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight - Flying accident	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery - Somerset, United Kingdom. Plot Service 39 Row D Section H Grave 248		Archiwum Polish Database
2516	Rutkiewicz	Józef Jan	Plutonowy Bombardier	Flight Sergeant	P794048	Born 25 October 1919 Koziegłowy Myszków (Age 24 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2) Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-08-29	Avro Lancaster	I	PA163	BH-M	RAF Faldingworth	21:19	Stettin	Took off from Faldingworth 21.19 29 August 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stettin. Shot down by German night-fighter and crashed into the Lovns Bredning, west of Aalestrup. Location :	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Aalestrup Churchyard, Denmark. Grave 961-966		Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PA163		Read Archive Report
2517	Rutkowski	Kazimierz	Pilot Officer		P-0692		Poland	Pilot	CV. MV. DFC .	PAF	Fighter Command	306Sqn Polish	1941-05-19	Hurricane	IIb	Z3065	UZ-B	RAF Northolt		Patrol	Baled out - Injured	Safe	Survived the war - died 1995-05-03		Archiwum Polish Database		Read Archive Report
2518	Rutkowski	Hubert	Kapral Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.781201	Born 16 November 1917 Siemianowice (Age 24 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1941-12-16	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1064	NZ-	RAF Lindholme	16:57	Oostende	Took off from Lindholme 16.56 hours, last heard on w/t at 19.05 hours by RAF Manston, calling for assistance. Some bodies were recovered from the sea and were buried in various cemeteries in Belgium and France. Presumed lost over the sea.. Location : France.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2519	Rutkowski	Wincenty Tadeusz	Plutonowy Mechanic Pokladowy	Flight Sergeant	P.792934	Born 26 February 1921 Zakrzów Sandomierz (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych 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, Kraków Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. Plot III Row A Grave 1	Memorial in Church in Gózlicach Kraków Poland	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database KG890		Read Archive Report
2520	Rutkowski (Łysakowski Antoni)	Stanisław	St. Szeregowy	Sergeant	704144	17.06.1917 Warszawa	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn Polish	1943-07-24	Wellington	X	HF472	SM-S	Ingham	2249	Hamburg	Crash landed at Trusthorpe Lincs	Survived. Died on subsequent raid 03.08.1943 Hamburg, Germany			Archiwum Polish Database
2521	Rutkowski (Łysakowski Antoni)	Stanisław	Starszy Szeregowiec Strzelec	Sergeant	P.704144	Born 17 June 1917 Warszawa (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1943-08-02	Vickers Wellington	X	HZ467	SM-C	RAF Ingham	23:59	Hamburg	Shot down by a German Night-Fighter, and crashed at Elskop, Holstein on Kemper Marsch, 3 miles South of Krempe, where they were all buried on 6 August. Bodies were later exhumed and re-buried in Kiel War Cemetery. Location : Germany.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Kiel War Cemetery - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Plot V Row A Grave 19		Archiwum Polish Database
2522	Ruvolis Jr.	Leo	1st Lieutenant	Flying Officer	O-697501	1920	American	Pilot		USAAF	8th Air Force	579th Bomber Squadron (392nd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-07-07	B-24 Rap ‘Em Pappy	H	42-95229	GC:R-	Wendling (Station #118), Norfolk, England		Bernburg (Mission #458), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia, Germany, now Żagań in Poland					Archive Report
2523	Rybak	Wacław	Plutonowy R/O Strzelec	Sergeant	P782637	Born 8 November 1914 Warszawa (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-08-05	Vickers Wellington	II	W5593	SM-	RAF Lindholme		Frankfurt	On the 5 August 1941 Wellington W5593 of 305Sqn (Polish) n took off from Lindholme for an Operational Mission to Frankfurt and was shot down near Charleroi. Location : France.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Charleroi Communal Cemetery - Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. Row T Grave 1b	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Charleroi Belgium	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database W5593
2524	Rybczynski	Tadeusz	Chorazy Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.794539	Born 31 July 1919 (Age 26)	Poland			PAF		P.S.P.	1945-11-11					Dunholme Lodge			Died. Location : United Kingdom. Served with 306 Squadron		, Brookwood Military Cemetery - Surrey, United Kingdom. Plot 27 Row E Grave 9		Archiwum Polish Database
2525	Rybiński	Czesław	Plutonowy Mechanic Pokladowy	Sergeant	P.780062	Born 14 May 1914 Bakiny Wysokie Maz. (Age 30 when killed)	Poland	Flight Engineer	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-05-22	Avro Lancaster	l	LL857	BH-B	RAF Faldingworth	22:04	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.	Died the next day of Injuries received in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Sec I War Graves Plot Grave 320b		Archiwum Polish Database
2526	Rychel	Bolesław	Kapral Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.784756	Born 15 February 1922 Kraków (Age 21 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		6 OTU	1943-09-23	Vickers Wellington	X	HZ251		RAF Silloth		Bradley, Yorkshire	Crashed at Bradley, Yorkshire, whilst on Navigation Exercise from Skipton-on-Swale to Silloth. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Fulford Cemetery - Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Section 2 War Plot Row H Grave 3		Archiwum Polish Database
2527	Rygiel	Edmund	Podporucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.2675	Born 30 October 1919 (Age 34)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	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
2528	Rylski	Tadeusz Izydor	Major Nawig	Flight Lieutenant	P-1205	04.04.1909 Suwałki	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x4)	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn Polish	1942-06-05	Wellington	II	Z8601	SM-M	Lindholme	2308	Essen	Ditched 10 miles East of Aldeburgh Suffolk UK. Rescued by HMS Campbell	Rescued			Archiwum Polish Database
2529	Rymaszewski	Stanisław	Kapral Strzelec	Flight Sergeant	P.704796	Born 16 August 1922 (Age 21)	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-07-23	Avro Lancaster	III	LM488	BH-D	RAF Faldingworth	22:51	Kiel	Took off from Faldingworth 22.51 23 July 1944 on an Operation to bomb Kiel. Damaged by anti-aircraft fire, Aircraft tried to force-land at Schlesen, on the east bank of the Dobersdorfer See, and it exploded. Remains were originally buried locally but were later taken to Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf. Location : Germany.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Hamburg Cemetery - Hamburg, Germany. Plot IVa Row E Grave 1-7		Archiwum Polish Database
2530	Rymkiewicz	Czesław	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.0518	Born 3 August 1911 Wilno Lithuania (Age 30 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-13	Vickers Wellington	II	Z8438	SM-B	RAF Lindholme	19:22	Koln	Aircraft hit by flak. On return to airfield the aircraft overshot the runway at Lindholme and hit a building housing the Rifle Range. The aircraft caught fire, and two airmen, F/O S M Ostaszewski and Sgt M Galas, were dragged from the flames, F/O Ostaszewski died later whilst being treated in Doncaster Hospital. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Section I Grave 307	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Newark UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z8438
2531	Ryszkiewicz	Mieczysław Józef	Major Nawig	Flying Officer	P-0114	18.03.1908 Olszanica Lesko	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych 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.	Killed	PAF Memorial Northolt, Eindhoven Woensel		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?
2532	Ryszkiewicz	Mieczyslaw Jozef	Major Nawig Strzelec	Flying Officer	P.0114	Born 18 March 1908 (Age 33)	Poland	Navigator / Air Gunner		PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-05-02	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1214	SM-T	RAF Syerston	21:40	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.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Ff Grave 2-3 Joint		Archiwum Polish Database LOST Archive 2TAF	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?
2533	Rysztok	Jan	Porucznik uczen Nawig	Pilot Officer	P.1970	Born 15 November 1918 Świeciechów Kraśnik (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Navigator under training	Medal Lotniczy	PAF		No.18 OTU	1942-10-15	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1482		RAF Bramcote		Campigny, Rouen, France	Crashed Campigny, Rouen, France. Location : France.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, initially buried in Campigny Cemetery, Rouen, France, subsequently re-interred Grainville-Langannerie		Archiwum Polish Database
2534	Rytka	Marian	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.1574	Born 10 August 1914 (Age 28)	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari DFC DFM BEM	PAF	Fighter Command	302Sqn (Polish)	1942-12-05	Supermarine Spitfire	Vb	BL403		RAF Heston		Northwood, Middlesex	Aircraft crashed at Northwood, Middlesex, whilst on a training flight. Pilot died later in Hospital from his injurires. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Northwood Cemetery - Middlesex, United Kingdom. Service Section H Grave 341		Archiwum Polish Database
2535	Rzemyk	Mieczyslaw	Podporucznik	Pilot Officer	P.1575	Born 24 August 1918 (Age 23)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-04-14	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1379	GR-J	RAF Hemswell	21:43	Dortmund	Shot down off Belgian coast. Location : Belgium.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Middelkerke Communal Cemetery - Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot Service Row B Grave 24		Archiwum Polish Database
2536	Rzepa	Stanisław Wincenty	Major Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0764	Born 11 November 1905 Borszczów Ukraine (Age 34 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1941-07-24	Vickers Wellington	Ic	X9620	NZ-	RAF Lindholme	23:05	Emden	Crashed at Opperdoes, Netherlands. Location : Netherlands.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen General Cemetery - Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Plot I Row E Grave 16		Archiwum Polish Database
2537	Rzetelny	Jan	Plutonowy Strzelec	Sergeant	P.704227	Born 10 July 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Air Gunner		PAF	Bomber Command	No.1662 HCU	1944-11-11	Handley Page Halifax	ll	JN967		RAF Blyton	17:52	East Ferry, Lincolnshire	Took off from Blyton at 17:52 on a Night Navigational and Practice Bombing Exercise. Eight minutes later, after climbing to 3,000 feet, one of the starboard engines caught fire, and the aircraft crashed in flames at East Ferry, 8 miles South-West of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Buried 27 November 1962. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section F Grave 316a		Archiwum Polish Database
2538	Rzyskiewicz	Waclaw	Kapral Pilot	Sergeant	P.704820	Born 2 July 1920 (Age 24)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.6 Advanced Flying Unit	1944-10-15	Avro Anson	l	MH130		RAF Staverton		Burford, Oxford	Crashed at Burford, Oxford, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Gloucester Old Cemetery - Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot B Grave 9548		Archiwum Polish Database
2539	Sablik	Oskar	Porucznik Nawig	Pilot Officer	P.1438	Born 25 December 1912 (Age 28)	Poland	Navigator		PAF	Bomber Command	No.18 OTU	1941-04-23	Avro Anson	I	R3408		RAF Bramcote		Stole House, Walsgrave on Stow, Coventry	Took off from Bramcote on a Night Navigation Exercise. Strayed about 20 miles off intended course and entered the Midland Barrage Balloon Defences. At around 23:38 hts the aircraft struck a cable and came down at Stole House, Walsgrave on Stow, on the Eastern outskirts of Coventry. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery - Warwickshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Row Section H Grave Joint 998		Archiwum Polish Database
2540	Sadawa	Stanislaw	Plutonowy Pilot	Sergeant	P.781291	Born 26 March 1911 (Age 30)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.60 OTU	1941-09-05	Boulton Paul Defiant	l	N1679		RAF East Fortune		Edlington Hill, Edlingham, Northumberland	Aircraft crashed at Edlington Hill, Edlingham, Northumberland, whilst on a cross-country training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Chevington Cemetery - Northumberland, United Kingdom. Plot Section H War Graves Plot Grave 200		Archiwum Polish Database
2541	Sadowiński	Władysław	Kapral Strzelec	Sergeant	P.706687	Born 2 January 1915 (Age 30)	Poland	Air Gunner	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1945-02-23	Avro Lancaster	I	NG266	BH-L	RAF Faldingworth	16:04	Pforzheim	Took off from Faldingworth 16.04 23 February 1945 on an Operation to bomb "Daimler-Benz. Location :Crashed between Eutingen and Niefern Germany.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2542	Sadowski	Bolesław	Kapitan Navig	Flying Officer	P.1414	Born 26 November 1914 Bachmacz Russia (Age 36 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1941-01-01	Vickers Wellington	Ic	T2518	GR-	RAF Swinderby	16:16	Bremen	Took off from Swinderby 16:16 on an operation to bomb Bremen. Believed to have been shot down by an intruder Uffz. Arnold I./NJG2) and crashed 01:35 at Wellingore near RAF Station Digby, Lincolnshire. Location : United Kingdom. Mishandling of Wing flaps also quoted as being a probable cause.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Sec N War Graves Plot Grave 297		Archiwum Polish Database
2543	Sadowski	Jan	Sierzant Radio Operator	Sergeant	P.792642	Born 13 September 1919 (Age 22)	Poland	Radio Operator		PAF	Bomber Command	18 OTU	1942-01-30	Vickers Wellington	lc	N2848	-G	RAF Bramcote, Warwickshire		Training	On 30 January 1942, a crew of six Polish airmen took off from RAF Bramcote, Warwickshire on a night cross-country training mission. Without warning, they hit a bad snowstorm. Frantically searching for landmarks they caught a faint glimpse of a town below and looped once round it. Unknowingly travelling over Skipton, Yorkshire they continued, blindly heading towards the Yorkshire Dales. The pilot was tense - he could see nothing but a screen of white light in front of him. As the snowstorm got worse the aircraft clipped a 6 foot high stone wall on the 2,302 feet high Buckden Pike and had careered several hundred feet along the ridge before stopping, the rear gunner's turret snapped clean away from the fuselage. Had the aircraft been just a few feet higher it would have cleared the peak. The rear gunner had a badly broken left ankle, the wireless operator was still alive but seriously injured but the rest of the crew had been killed in the crash. Location : United Kingdom.	Died of Accidental injuries received whilst on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section War Graves M Grave 306a	Newark UK	Further details Archiwum Polish Database N2848
2544	Sadowski	Jerzy Piotr	Porucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0737	Born 18 January 1907 (Age 35)	Poland	Navigator		PAF		309Sqn (Polish)	1942-02-09	Tiger Moth		T6764		RAF Abbotsinch		Toward Point, Firth of Clyde, Scotland	Lost near Toward Point, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Location : United Kingdom.	Missing, presumed Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave. Lost near Toward Point, Firth of Clyde, Scotland		Archiwum Polish Database
2545	Sadowski	Stanislaw	Kapitan Pilot	Flight Lieutenant	P.0121	Born 17 March 1914 (Age 30)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School	1945-03-16	Airspeed Oxford		NM420		RAF Newton			Killed at Aerodrome at Newton, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot Section N War Graves Plot Grave 328		Archiwum Polish Database
2546	Sadurski	Zygmunt	Starszy Szeregowiec Strzelec	Sergeant	P.784033	Born 24 April 1921 (Age 20)	Poland	Air Gunner		PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-02-06	Vickers Wellington		P1610	BH-	RAF Hemswell		Brest	Aircraft on Operation to bomb Brest. Attempted to bail out, killed by a propeller. Aircraft was not lost. Body found at Cossington. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Section O Grave 308		Archiwum Polish Database
2547	Saferna	Mieczsław Julian	Kapitan Syrz Radio Operator	Flying Officer	P.0089	Born 13 March 1909 Wieprz Wadowice (Age 32 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-08-05	Vickers Wellington	II	W5593	SM-	RAF Lindholme		Frankfurt	On the 5 August 1941 Wellington W5593 of 305Sqn (Polish) n took off from Lindholme for an Operational Mission to Frankfurt and was shot down near Charleroi. Location : France.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Charleroi Communal Cemetery - Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. Row T Grave 1a	Post-war grave Polish Memorial Northolt UK Charleroi Belgium	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database W5593
2548	Sakowicz	Henryk	Plutonowy Elektr.	Corporal	P.792663	Born 22 December 1907 (Age 38)	Poland	Electrician		PAF		6309 Service Echelon	1945-12-31								Died in Hospital at Norwich. Location : United Kingdom.	Died	, Norwich Cemetery - Norfolk, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Section 54 Grave 203		Archiwum Polish Database
2549	Salamon	Bolesław	Plutonowy Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.780617	Born 27 March 1915 Karlstein – Czechoslovakia Republic (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator / Air Gunner	Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1941-07-24	Vickers Wellington	Ic	X9620	NZ-	RAF Lindholme	23:05	Emden	Crashed at Opperdoes, Netherlands. Location : Netherlands.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Rotterdam, Hook of Holland General Cemetery - Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Plot Call Row G Grave 1		Archiwum Polish Database
2550	Salkiewicz	Czeslaw	Porucznik Pilot	Lieutenant		Born 23 August 1909 (Age 30)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		VI. "Sa" Chimney Flight (ELD/Toulouse)	1940-05-30	?						French Campaign 1940	Crashed at Francazal whilst on a training flight. Location : France.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Francaral Cemetery, Toulouse, France. Grave 8-1-1850		Archiwum Polish Database