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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
2701	Sobolewski	Piotr	Porucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P.1256	Born 1 February 1907 Poddubeczek Białystok (Age 35 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-10-15	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1475	BH-X	RAF Ingham	18:04	Cologne	Claim by Oblt Stefan Machat E/NJG2 - Hazeldonk 10km West of Breda: 3,700m at 2303 hrs. Crashed south of the small city of Zevenbergen in the quarter called Hazeldonk	Missing Presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt., No Known Grave - Aircraft lost without trace		Archiwum Polish Database
2702	Socha	Kazimierz Jan	Plutonowy Mechanic	Corporal	P.782145	Born 22 August 1919 (Age 26)	Poland	Ground Crew		PAF		316Sqn (Polish)	1946-03-22	North American P-51d Mustang		HB841		RAF Hethel		Taxying	See archive report for further details	Killed on Active Service - Flying Accident	Norwich Cemetery - Norfolk, United Kingdom. Section 54 War Graves Plot Grave 226		Archiwum Polish Database
2703	Sochacki	Boleslaw	Podporucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.2214	Born 29 October 1909 (Age 34)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1944-03-28	De Havilland Mosquito		WR276		RAF Lasham			. Location : Netherlands. 306 Squadron 15 January 1942	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen General Cemetery - Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Plot II Row A Grave 6 (Originally buried Bergen-op-Zoom Cemetery, Holland. Row 10, Grave 260)		Archiwum Polish Database
2704	Socharski	Maciej Wojciech	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.1440	Born 1 May 1908 Warszawa (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-05-09	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1322	SM-F	RAF Syerston	22:56	Bremen	Took off from Syerston at 22:56. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Ofw Hans Rasper 4/NJG1 and crashed in the Ijsselmeer, Netherlands. After 1945 ther remains were located and buried in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery. Location : Netherlands.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No known grave		Archiwum Polish Database
2705	Sojka	Walerian Jerzy	Kapitan	Flight Lieutenant	P-1449	08.04.1914 Stary Sącz Nowy Sącz	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1941-06-11	Wellington	Ic	W5666	BH-H	Swinderby	2306	Dusseldorf	Took off from Swinderby 23.06 11 June 1941. Aircraft shot down over the sea coming back from bombing D. Last at 5230N 0300E	PoW			Archiwum Polish Database
2706	Sokoliński	Tadeusz Włodmierz Bronisław	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0204	Born 6 October 1901 Kraków (Age 40 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2) Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1943-01-09	Vickers Wellington	IV	R1535	GR-G	RAF Hemswell	17:59	Gardening	Crashed at Dunmoor Hill, Northumberland. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.		Archiwum Polish Database
2707	Sokolowski	Jozef	Podporucznik Bombardier	Pilot Officer	P.2253	Born 21 June 1922 (Age 21)	Poland	Bomb Aimer		PAF		300Sqn (Polish)	1944-03-20					RAF Faldingworth			Died in Hospital during night 19/20 March 1944. Location : United Kingdom.	Died on Active Service	, Brookwood Military Cemetery - Surrey, United Kingdom. Plot 27 Row B Grave 8		Archiwum Polish Database
2708	Sokolowski	Zygmunt	Szeregowiec	Aircraftman 2nd Class	P.782602	Born 26 February 1917 in Lwow (Age 24)	Poland	0		PAF	Army Co-Operation Unit	309Sqn (Polish)	1941-03-13					RAF Renfrew		Enemy Bombing Raid	During the night of the 13th, L Cpl Pawel Radke,Aircraftsman Antoni Ptaszkowski and Zygmunt Sokolowski were at St James's, Renfrew during the 'blitz' on Clydebank and at great risk to themselves were extinguishing incendaries. The incendaries had caused a number of fires in the church. Two of the airmen were killed by a bomb, the other died the following day in Alexandria Hospital. They were in their twenties. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed in Bombing Raid	Renfrew (Arkleston) Cemetery - Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. Section D Row K Collective Grave 62		Archiwum Polish Database
2709	Sokolowski De Jenko	Jerzy Marian Ryszard	Porucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.1360	Born 25 November 1907 (Age 32)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	No.12 OTU	1940-10-01	Fairey Battle	I	K9416		RAF Benson		Training Flight	Took off for Solo Night Flying. Crashed into a wood at Heath End on South East side of Checkendon, Reading, Berkshire 20:30 hrs. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Benson (St Helen) Churchyard Extension, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot C Grave 8		Archiwum Polish Database
2710	Sokulski	Jerzy	Porucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.0260	Born 3 November 1915 at Krzemieniec, Wolyn Province (Age 25)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.10 Air Observers School	1941-09-29	Fairey Battle	l	L4997		RAF Warmwell		Closeburn, Dumfries, Scotland	Aircraft crashed at Closeburn, Dumfries, Scotland, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Dumfries (St Andrew's) Roman Catholic Cemetery - Dumfriesshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Group Section A Grave 242		Archiwum Polish Database
2711	Solecki	Jerzy Józef	Sierżant	Warrant Officer	782888	29.07.1918 Dąbrowa Górn.	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn Polish	1942-04-10	Wellington	IC	R1230	NZ-	Lindholme	2204	Essen	Shot down by nightfighter. Crashed near Kassel, Germany . Location : Germany.	PoW. Survived war. Died 12.1997 Blackpool, U.K.			Archiwum Polish Database
2712	Solecki	Mieczyslaw	Sierzant Pilot	Sergeant	793230	Born 22 October 1909 (Age 33)	Poland	Pilot	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	No.18 OTU	1943-10-21	Vickers Wellington	III	BK471		RAF Bircotes	1917	Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Row L Grave 319a	Polish Memorial Northolt UK Newark UK	Archiwum Polish Database	Archive Report BK471
2713	Sołtysiak	Jerzy	St. Sierżant	Warrant Officer	781035	14.09.1912 Łuszczewo Konin	Polish	Flight Engineer	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	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.		Nottingham Southern UK	Archiwum Polish Database
2714	Soroko	Konstanty	Plutonowy Pilot	Sergeant	P.780515	Born 27 May 1916 Tychowin – Russia (Age 25 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyż Walecznych (x3) 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.	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1285
2715	Sorówka	Kazimierz	Porucznik Bombardier	Flying Officer	P-2245 / 703838	Born 28 January 1919 Stryj Ukraine (Age 25 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Medal Lotniczy	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 Coll		Archiwum Polish Database
2716	Sowa	Wladyslaw	St Sirtz Pilot	Sergeant	P.784778	Born 5 September 1911 (Age 31)	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari 8217 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 : .	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt. ,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database BK303
2717	Sowinski	Stanislaw	Plutonowy Pilot	Warrant Officer	P.794008	Born 29 April 1918 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		No.61 OTU	1945-02-01	Miles Master		AZ309		RAF Rednall		Runcorn, Cheshire	War Operations - River Mersey, Runcorn. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Hawarden Cemetery - Flintshire, United Kingdom. Plot 4 G Grave 65		Archiwum Polish Database
2718	Sowinski	Stanislaw Jozef	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.0151	Born 3 November 1910 (Age 31)	Poland	Pilot		PAF		281Sqn	1942-09-03	Boulton Paul Defiant		N1804				off Northumberland	Defiant aircraft N1804 failed to return from a training flight off Northumberland.. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost in flight off Northumberland Coast		Archiwum Polish Database
2719	Speakman	Arthur	Sergeant		5514272			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1941-09-07	Stirling	I	N6046	MG-Y	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2001	Berlin	See archive report for further details	PoW No: 9555 Camp: 357 - Stalag Kopernikus, Poland (Also 8B, L6, 357)	None - further details sought			Read Archive Report
2720	Spirydowicz	Edmund	Podporucznik	Flying Officer	P-2861 / 705761	07.01.1913 Lipawa – Latvia	Poland	W/Op	Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1945-05-20	Lancaster	I	PD361	BH-H	Faldingworth	1255	Supply Flight	Crash landed Brussels-Melsbroek	Unknown			Archiwum Polish Database
2721	Sporny	Antoni	Kapral-Podchorąży	Sergeant	P.784804	Born 13 June 1918 (Age 23)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-01-28	Handley Page Hampden	I	P4398	ZN-	Coningsby	1755	Munster	Hit by 3 & 4/schw Res Flak 401 3/schw Res Flak Abt 407 1/Res Flak Abt 181 and 2 & 3/Res Flak 264. Crashed at Froschenteich. Time unknown. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years-Theo Boiten)	Killed	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot XI Row B Grave 15-17		Archiwum Polish Database
2722	Sprague	Donald Edward	Technical Sergeant	Sergeant	35411923	1921	American	Radio Operator		USAAF 8th Air Force	US Army Air Force	561st Bomber Squadron (388th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-05-22	B-17 Dear Mom	G	42-97091	:F	Knettishall airfield (Station #136), Suffolk, England		Navy yards, Kiel (Mission #361), Germany	See Archive Report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland					Archive Report
2723	Spychała	Jakub	Major	Flight Lieutenant		19.07.1899 Kobylniki Poznań	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn Polish	1943-08-02	Wellington	X	HE807	BH-O	Ingham	2342	Hamburg	Force landed SE Worksop	Injured. Died 15.07.1959 Lusowo, Poland			Archiwum Polish Database
2724	Sroda	Jozef	Starszy Szeregowiec			Born 14 April 1910 (Age 30)	Poland			PAF			1940-05-17					Bordeaux		French Campaign 1940	Killed on Bombing Raid on Bordeaux. Location : France.	Killed on Bombing Raid on Bordeaux	, North Cemetery, Bordeaux, France		Archiwum Polish Database
2725	Sroka	Wiktor	Kapral Strzelec	Sergeant	P.782528	Born 3 September 1916 Kraków (Age 26 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1943-01-29	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1415	SM-N	RAF Hemswell	16:14	Gardening	Believed shot down in target area. Location : .	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2726	Srzednicki	Tadeusz	Porucznik Nawig	Pilot Officer	P.0331	Born 30 April 1918 Paris France (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1941-07-25	Vickers Wellington	lc	X9639	BH-E 'Assam'	RAF Hemswell	23:15	D	Took off from Hemswell 23.15 25 July 1941. Shot down by AA fire near its mission target: D. Location : Germany.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot X Row A Grave 9		Archiwum Polish Database
2727	Stabrowski	Tadeusz	Porucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P-0709	Born 16 May 1917 (Age 25)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	308Sqn (Polish)	1943-03-12	Supermarine Spitfire	Vb	AD177	ZF-?	RAF Northolt	PM	Rhubarb	See archive report for further details	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight Body identified after DNA testing in 2017	Le Crotoy Communal Cemetery. Row 1. Grave 16 PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2728	Stachelski	Edward	Starszy Szeregowiec	Aircraftman 1st Class	P.706349	Born 5 May 1923 (Age 21)	Poland			PAF		No.72 (P) Motor Transport Light Repair Unit	1944-12-16							Antwerp	Died during Bombing Raid on Antwerp. Location : Belgium.	Killed in Bombing Raid	, Polish Field of Honour Cemetery, Lommel, Belgium. Plot 1, Row F, Grave 5		Archiwum Polish Database
2729	Stachnik	Kazimierz Stanisław	Starszy Szeregowiec Uzbr	Aircraftman 1st Class	P.781822	Born 19 January 1911 Kozłów Miechów (Age 30 when killed)	Poland	Armourer	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Fighter Command	307Sqn (Polish)	1941-05-24					RAF Honiton Clyst, Exeter		Devon	Run over by a lorry in a road accident and died in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Location : United Kingdom.	Died of Injuries received in a Road Traffic Accident	Exeter Higher Cemetery - Devon, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Section Zk Grave 10		Archiwum Polish Database
2730	Stachoń	Bolesław Feliks	Pułkownik	Group Captain	P.76608	Born 18 May 1897 Wola Wadowska Mielec (Age 44 when killed)	Poland	Pilot	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1941-07-04	Vickers Wellington	Ic	R1492	GR-	RAF Syerston		Bremen	Took off from Syerston. Short down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt Helmut Lent, 4/NJG1 and crashed at Eerste Exloermond, Drenthe, Netherlands at 00:34 hrs. Group Captain Stachon was attached to SHQ Swinderby. Location : Netherlands. Attached to SHQ Swinderby	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Polish Field of Honour, Breda, Netherlands		Archiwum Polish Database
2731	Stachurski	Władysław	Starszy Szeregowiec Strzelec	Sergeant	P.793106	Born 9 February 1911 Wola Pierowa Kutno (Age 31 when killed)	Poland	Air Gunner	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1942-03-26	Vickers Wellington	lV	Z1269	BH-L	RAF Hemswell	19:04	Essen	Took off from Hemswell 19.40 26 March 1942 on Operation to bomb Essen . Shot down by night fighter off coast at de Koog, near Kooysluis, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxi Row A Grave 9	Bergen-op-Zoom Holland	Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1269	Dead crew (five) were recovered by the Germans and buried with military honour on the Allied plot in Huisduinen Cemetery (Den Helder) , grave 119, 120, 133, 135 and 136. After the war they were reburied in a collective grave at Bergen-op-Zoom UK-section in plot 31, row A. There was uncertainty on Niemeczek. He is buried next to the other 4 crew members, but received a Commonwealth RAF headstone with no name ('Airman known unto God') and his recovery date 4 April 1942 on the stone. He was found in a white pullover (his body mutilated), next to the wreck of the Wellington.
2732	Stachurski	Jerzy Marcin	Kapitan	Flight Lieutenant	P-1028	11.11.1908 Szreniawa Miechów	Poland	Air Observer	Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn Polish	1942-10-11	Wellington	IV	R1585	GR-F	Hemswell	1837	Gardening	Crashed at Hyttekobbel Forest. Gardening off Denmark, hit by artillery fire. Jumped in parachute and captured	PoW. Died 29.04.1990 London, U.K. Cremated at Mortlake			Archiwum Polish Database
2733	Staerz	Zbigniew Kazimierz	Kapitan Pilot	Flight Lieutenant	P-0257	15.11.1911 Kraków	Poland	Pilot	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x3) Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn Polish	1942-04-12	Wellington	IV	Z1252	GR-T	Hemswell	2151	Essen	Forced landing at decoy airfield at Crostwick Norfolk UK	All crew survived. Subsequently died 18.02.1945 in Harvard FT395 Newark-on-Trent, Notts., U.K.			Further details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1252
2734	Staerz	Zbigniew Kazimierz	Kapitan Pilot	Flight Lieutenant	P.0257	Born 16 November 1911 Kraków (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Pilot - Instructor	Virtuti Militari Krzyz Walecznych (x4) Medal Lotniczy (x3) Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)	PAF		No.16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School	1945-02-18	Harvard		FT395		RAF Newton		Newton, Nottinghamshire	Mid-air collision with Airspeed Oxford EB797 at Newton Aerodrome, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Section P War Grave Plot Grave 328		Archiwum Polish Database
2735	Stahl	Charles Cornelius	Tech Sergeant	Sergeant	36404764	1922	American	Radio Operator		USAAF	8th Air Force	733rd Bomber Squadron (453rd Bombardment Group (H))	1944-10-19	B-24	H	42-95047	F8: M+	Old Buckenham (Station #144), Norfolk, England		Mainz (Mission #683), Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland					Archive Report
2736	Stalewski	Antoni	Chorąży	Warrant Officer	780354	18.02.1919 Bielsk Podl.	Poland	Wireless Operator	Virtuti Militari Krzyż Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn Polish	1941-10-21	Wellington	IV	Z1217	GR-W	Hemswell		Bremen	Believed shot down by flak	PoW. Died 26.10.1986 Woking, Surrey, U.K.	Brookwood Cemetery	Brookwood Cemetery UK	Archiwum Polish Database	"In the September 1939 Campaign No.1 Air Force Regiment. To France to join allied forces, travelling through Zagreb, Yugoslavia and Modano. Arrived in France on the 23rd of November 1939, and reported to the Polish Air Force base in Lyon. May 18th 1940 equipped with the completely obsolete Caudron C.714 fighters. Made hs way tyo England. 6th August 1940, training as a wireless operator and air gunner. No.4 Bombing and Gunnery School, and No.18 Operational Training Unit in Bramcote. 1941, Antoni was posted to the 301 Bomber Squadron “Land of Pomerania” (301 Dywizjon Bombowy “Ziemi Pomorskiej”). 21 dangerous but successful missions. 21st October 1941 mission to Bremen in Wellington Bomber Z1217 from Gainsborough, shot down over Nienberg Germany. Along with his comrades (Sgt L.Cieslak, Sgt M.Borodej, F/O J.Riedl, Sgt A.Mlodzik and Sgt A.Kleeberg) he was captured and interned as a prisoner of war. Antoni was interned until 1945 in Stalag VIII-B, Stalag Luft III & Stalag Luft VI and Stalag XXA. Assisted with preparations for many escape attempts, by fashioning buttons to mimic the buttons on the German guards’ coats and building radios inside the camps. Returned to Blackpool base in May 1945. Following the war Antoni was was employed in the electrical industry, where he became a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He passed away in October 1986 without knowing that the British government would finally acknowledge the Polish Allies for their sacrifices, after they were denied participation in the 1945 Victory Parade". Andrew Simpson from London. (Courtesy RAF Museum)
2737	Stalinski	Marian Benedykt Bogdan	Plutonowy Pilot	Sergeant	P.784474	Born 21 March 1914 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	315Sqn (Polish)	1941-11-23	Supermarine Spitfire	V	AM937		RAF Northolt		Escort	Shot down by anti-aircraft fire near the French coast during an escort mission. Location : France.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Dunkirk Town Cemetery - Nord, France. Plot II Row 2 Grave 47		Archiwum Polish Database
2738	Stanczuk	Edmund	Plutonowy	Corporal	P.781875	Born 29 September 1913 (Age 29)	Poland	0		PAF	Bomber Command	No.18 OTU	1943-09-10					RAF Finningley			Died in Royal Infirmary, Doncaster of injuries received in a road accident. Location : United Kingdom.	Died of Injuries received in a Road Traffic Accident	, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Section O Grave 318		Archiwum Polish Database
2739	Stańczuk	Edward Tytus	Major Nawig	Squadron Leader	P.0049	Born 15 January 1903 (Age 41)	Poland	Navigator	Virtuti Militari 10293 Krzyż Walecznych (x2) Medal Lotniczy (x3)	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1944-04-11	Vickers Wellington	XIV	HF188 (A188?)		RAF Chivenor			This aircraft was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay and in spite of getting off an SOS, the whole crew was lost	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,	Polish Memorial Northolt UK	Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database A188
2740	Stańczykiewicz	Szczepan Marcin	Porucznik Nawig	Flying Officer	P.1842	Born 11 November 1915 Chorzelów Mielec (Age 28 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	304Sqn (Polish)	1944-04-07	Vickers Wellington		HF121		RAF Chivenor	19.56	Lost off Spanish Coast	This aircraft was probably shot down by a fighter over the Bay of Biscay off Spanish coast, the crew managed to make a Mayday call at 01:23 but all were lost	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost off Spanish Coast		Archiwum Polish Database
2741	Staniewicz	Konrad	Kapral Radio Operator Strzelecelec	Sergeant	P.704020	Born 23 November 1922 Nowogródek Belarus (Age 21 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator	Krzyż Walecznych Medal Lotniczy CGM	PAF	Bomber Command	1586 Special Duties Flight SOE	1944-09-02	Handley Page Halifax	ll	BB389	GR-M	RAF Brindisi, Italy		Polish Supply Drop	Aircraft destroyed by Anti-aircraft fire near Backi Brestovac, Yugoslavia. Location : Yugoslavia.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Belgrade War Cemetery, Yugoslavia. Plot VI, Row A, Grave 3-8 Collective Grave		Archiwum Polish Database
2742	Staniewski	Józef	Starszy Sierzant Bombardier	Flight Sergeant	P.782318	Born 1 January 1911 Jodkiewicze Belarus (Age 33 when killed)	Poland	Bomb Aimer	Krzyz Walecznych Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-06-24	Avro Lancaster	III	EE124	BH-M	RAF Faldingworth	16:12	Les Hayons	Took off from Faldingworth 16.12 24 June 1944 on an Operation to attack flying bomb site at Les Hayons, Belgium. Aircraft damaged by anti-aircraft fire on its homward journey and flew on two engines across the North Sea, but crashed between Linwood and Lissington, South of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec I Grave 321		Archiwum Polish Database
2743	Stankiewicz	Antoni Adam	Kapral	Sergeant	P.782966	Born 5 February 1919 (Age 25)	Poland	0		PAF		6305 Service Echelon	1944-11-22								. Location : France.	Killed in Road Traffic Accident	, Haynecourt Cemetery, France		Archiwum Polish Database
2744	Stankiewicz	Alfons Olgierd	Sierzant Radio Operator	Sergeant	P.703164	Born 12 December 1916 (Age 27 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator	Medal Lotniczy	PAF	Bomber Command	300Sqn (Polish)	1944-02-20	Vickers Wellington	X	JA117	BH-F	RAF Ingham	18:12	Gardening - St Nazaire	Took off from Ingham 18.12 20 February 1944 on a Gardening, mine-laying operation off French port of St. Nazaire. Lost without trace, probably shot down over the sea.. Location : .	Missing, presumed Killed in Action on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2745	Stankiewicz	Ryszard Franciszek	Podporucznik Pilot	Flying Officer	P.1737	Born 18 August 1915 (Age 27)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	303Sqn (Polish)	1942-12-15	Supermarine Spitfire	Vb	AD269		RAF Kirton in Lindsey			Crashed at Normansby in Wold / Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom.	Killed on Training Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. War Graves Plot Sec H Grave 313		Archiwum Polish Database
2746	Stankiewicz	Stanisław	Kapral Radio Operator	Sergeant	P.793182	Born 31 January 1915 (Age 26)	Poland	Radio Operator		PAF	Bomber Command	305Sqn (Polish)	1941-08-16	Vickers Wellington	II	W5463	SM-E	RAF Lindholme	21:19	Koln	Lost over the North Sea. Location : Belgium.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V Row Ab Grave 9		Archiwum Polish Database
2747	Stankowiak	Leon	Starszy Sierzant R/Op.	Flight Sergeant	P.783821	Born 13 February 1912 Książ Śrem (Age 23 when killed)	Poland	Radio Operator	Brązowy Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF		No.1 Aircraft Delivery Unit	1943-06-16	Hudson		FK459		RAF Heliopolis, Egypt		Khartoum, Sudan	Aircraft lost on delivery flight from Heliopolis to Khartoum. Crashed near Khartoum, Sudan. Location : Sudan.	Killed on Transport Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan. Plot 6 Row D Grave 2 (Originally in Khartoum Cemetery, Section A, Grave 169)		Archiwum Polish Database
2748	Stanski	Waclaw	Flight Lieutenant		P-2677 (782355)	Born on the 17th July 1920 at Bezenczuk, Russia.	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	308Sqn Polish	1945-02-03	Spitfire	IX	MJ342	ZF-O	B.60. Grimbergen		Dive Bombing	Damaged	Survived - no injuries	Passed away on the 18th June 1986		Archiwum Polish Database
2749	Stapel	Leonard	Porucznik Pilot	Pilot Officer	P.0533	Born 27 January 1919 (Age 22)	Poland	Pilot		PAF	Fighter Command	308Sqn (Polish)	1941-08-07	Supermarine Spitfire	ll	P8094		RAF Northolt		Evening Sweep	Shot down over France by a German fighter. Location : .	Killed in Action, on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt,		Archiwum Polish Database
2750	Stąpor	Jan	Kapitan Nawig	Flying Officer	P.0365	Born 27 September 1908 Kielce (Age 34 when killed)	Poland	Navigator	Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x2)	PAF	Bomber Command	301Sqn (Polish)	1942-10-08	Vickers Wellington	IV	Z1255	GR-Z	RAF Hemswell	20:29	Gardening	Gardening off Holland Aircraft hit by Anti-Aircraft fire and crashed at 22.47, south of De Kooy airfield, Holland. Location : Netherlands.	Killed on Operational Flight	PAF Memorial, Northolt, Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery - Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Plot Xxxiv Row A Grave 10		Archiwum Polish Database		Archive report