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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
701 FrychelMaksymilianPlutonowy PilotSergeantP.780532Born 22 February 1919 Nowa Wieś Ruda Śląska (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1941-04-10Boulton Paul DefiantlN3390EW-RAF Colerne (Squire Gate?)Wireless testTook off to test airborne wireless. On return to Colerne, their aircraft stalled on landing approach, when avoiding a collision with another machine. The Defiant spun into the ground three miles North East of Bath, killing both crew. Location : United Kingdom. 307 Squadron 10 September 1940Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery - Somerset, United Kingdom. Plot 5r Service Q Sec F Grave 268

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702 FuchsWalery StanisławPorucznik Nawig Flight LieutenantP-1551 / 783395Born 24 April 1919 Lwów Ukraine (Age 24 when killed)PolandNavigatorMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command305Sqn (Polish)
1943-11-14North American MitchellllFV941 RAF Swanton Morley, East Derham Colkirk, near Fakenham, Norfolk Flying Accident at Colkirk, near Fakenham, Norfolk, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot Row Sec H Grave 320


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703 FudaliWładysławPlutonowy PilotFlight SergeantP.783291Born 17 February 1920 Rabka Zdrój Nowy Targ (Age 24 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż 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 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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704 FudałaJózefKapral PilotFlight SergeantP.793550Born 17 February 1920 Zakopane (Age 24 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command3Sqn
1944-02-23Hawker TyphoonEK370RAF ManstonZeebrugge, Belgium. Location : Belgium. Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III, Row Ab, Grave 12 (Originally Buried Zeebrugge Cemetery, Grave 17)
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705 FugielFranciszekKapitan Obs.Flight LieutenantP.1034Born 20 August 1904 Glinik Mariam.Gorlice (Age 37 when killed)PolandObserverKrzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-02-25Vickers WellingtonIVZ1377GR-FRAF Hemswell23:09Kiel. Location : . Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Aircraft lost without trace


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z1377
706 FurmaniakJózefKapral PilotSergeantP.780860Born 26 December 1921 Jarocin Wlkp.Jarocin (Age 20 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1942-12-06Vickers Wellington lVZ1401BH-ORAF Ingham17:02ManheimHit by 1/schw Flak Abt 369, 1 and 2/Res Flak Abt 501 and 2/lei Flak Abt 765. Crashed Boulogne at 2241 hrs Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery - Pas De Calais, France. Plot XII Row C Grave 19


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707 FusiaraRyszardSierzant PilotFlight SergeantP.781090Born 13 September 1920 Płoskie. Zamość Poland (Age 23 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command316Sqn (Polish)
1944-06-11North American P-51d MustangIIIFB220SZ-FRAF ColtishallRangerCrashed near The Hague, Netherlands - Whilst strafing the train - hit the target.. Location : Germany. Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Sage War Cemetery - Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot VIII Row B Grave 12

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708 FusińskiJan MieczysławPorucznikFlying OfficerP-1719 / 78339829.07.1920 Gajęcice PajęcznoPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
1942-04-27WellingtonIVZ1276BH-QHemswell2200KolnCrashed near Givet FranceEvader. Died 28.05.1943 Rheinberg Germany
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709 FusińskiJan MieczysławPorucznik PilotFlying OfficerP-1719 / 783398Born 29 July 1920 Gajęcice Pajęczno (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307 Sqn (Polish)
1943-05-28 (27?)MosquitoNF.llDZ758EW:ORAF Fairwood CommonNight Intruder Operation - VechtaThe aircraft was hit by light Flak of the leichte Flak-Abteilung 64 and the 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 730 (Eisb.) and crashed at 01:18 hrsKilledPAF Memorial, Northolt, Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint gave. 17.C. 14-15

Archiwum Polish DatabaseAfter the war their bodies were exhumed from their temporary graves and re-buried at Rheinburg. Location : Germany. Served with 300 Sqiadron. Was shot down in Wellington 27 April 1942. He evaded capture, travelled through Belgium and France before reaching Gibraltar and returning to England 25 August 1942. (His report is files in W.O. 208 / 3310 - 818 in the Public Record Office)
710 FuśniakJózefSierżantWarrant Officer78094510.05.1922 WarszawaPolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

BEM
PAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1942-07-21WellingtonIVZ1406GR-GHemswell2336DuisburgExploded in mid air when hit by flak near Wanne-Eidkel in Holland. Parts of the a/c fell on to the town of HernePOW. Died 04.07.2017 Bexleyheath UK




Cambridge Crematorium
Further details Archiwum Polish Database Z1406
711 FuśniakJózefSierżantWarrant Officer78094510.05.1922 WarszawaPolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

BEM
PAFBomber Command18 OTU1942-01-30WellingtonIVN2848Training
Added by Stefan Pietrzak Youngs: On January 30, 1942, he took off for a training flight on board the Wellington I G (N2848). The rest of the crew were: instructor Cpt. pil. Czesław Kujawa and students: Second Lt. pil. Jerzy Polczyk, see obs. Tadeusz Biegański, Sgt. Jan Sadowski and Cpl. Gunner Jan Tokarzewski. During the flight, the crew was surprised by a snowstorm, which caused the pilots to lose their orientation completely. They tried unsuccessfully to follow a course to base by visual navigation. At. At 12:15, with minimal visibility, their Wellington collided with a stone wall almost two meters high on Buckden Pike Hill in Yorkshire. The plane rolled several hundred meters over the hill, crashing completely. Four airmen died on the spot, and the fifth - Sgt. Jan Sadowski - was badly injured.

Fuśniak was thrown into the snow from a rear firing point detached from the hull and suffered a fracture of his left leg. Despite the great pain, he wrapped his injured companion in a parachute to protect him from cooling down. Sam went for help, leaning on a fragment of a crashed plane. For several hours he crawled behind the fox's footprints in the snow, hoping to reach a farm or other human settlement. On the way he had to overcome, among others stone walls, which, combined with the low temperature, leg injury and shock after the crash, made the journey extremely difficult. Finally, heavily chilled, he reached the village of Cray, located nearly two kilometers in a straight line from the Buckden Pike summit. He was spotted there by two people and transferred to the White Lion Inn. He was given first aid there and then an ambulance was called. Due to snowdrifts on the roads, it took some time to arrive and take the wounded gunner to Skipton General Hospital. The owners of the inn also notified the services about a second aviator waiting to be rescued in the wreckage. Due to difficult weather conditions, the search for the crashed plane was stopped and only started the next day. By that time, Sadowski had died. In 1973, thanks to his efforts, a monument was erected on Buckden Pike to commemorate the comrades killed in the crash. The monument standing there to this day consists of a cross, a fox figure and a plaque with the words: "Thanksgiving to God, the Parker family and local people and in memory of five Polish RAF airmen who died here on 31/1/42 - buried in Newark - Signed: The Survivor "




Buckden Peak Memorial

Added by Stefan Pietrzak Youngs: 1942-07-21 Wellington lV Z1406 GR-G 301Sqn Takeoff at 23:36 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Exploded in mid-air when coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak. Wreckage fell onto the town of Herne. Sgt Fusniak was blown from his turret (Rear Gunner) and landed by parachute near some railway tracks. Even though he was badly wounded and in shock he managed to climb aboard a coal train. Unfortunately, he was found during a search on the German-Dutch border. He spent a month in hospital before being transferred to Lamsdorf: AIR81/16578 - Crew: Flying Officer Cezary LEWICKI (P/0968), Flying Officer Boleslaw Eugeniusz PESZKOWSKI (P/1097) killed, Flying Officer Kazimierz KUCZA (P/1467), Sergeant Robert Bronislaw MALISZEWSKI (P/780393), Pilot Officer Piotr KUDERSKI (P/1724), Warrant Officer Józef Fusniak (780945): PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25108

Sergeant Józef Fuśniak lived in Bexleyheath near London. In 2016, he moved to a retirement home in Cambridge. He died on July 4, 2017 at the age of 95. His farewell took place at the Cambridge Crematorium. From June 30, 1945, he was married to Jessica Blaikie, they had two children.

Surviv ed. Later POW. Died 04.07.2017 Bexleyheath UK




Cambridge Crematorium
Further details Archiwum Polish Database N2848
712 GabszewiczAleksander KlemensPodpułkownikWing CommanderP-016306.12.1911 Szawle LithuaniaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari Class IV and Class V

DSO & Bar


DFC


Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Croix de Guerre (France)

Order of Polonia Restituta

Medal Lotniczy

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)
PAFFighter Command303Sqn PolishDied 10.10.1983 Malvern UK. In 1992 his ashes were brought back to Poland and scattered over Warszawa and Dęblin.
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713 Gackowski (Gachowski?)LudwikPlutonowySergeant78072823.08.1918 Lwów UkrainePolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1941-01-01WellingtonIcT2517GR-RAF Swinderby 1558BremenTook off from Swinderby 15.58 on an operation to bomb Bremen. Believed to have been shot down by an intruder (Lt Rudolf Stradner, I./NJG2) and crashed 22.25 at Wellingore near RAF Station Digby, Lincolnshire. Location : United Kingdom.KilledPAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire,

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714 GacońIgnacyChorażyWarrant Officer78221213.12.1918 TarnówPolandFlight EngineerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1941-08-08WellingtonIcT2625GR-BRAF Hemswell2226HamburgCrashed near Niuwe SchansPoW. Died 02.03.1998 Leicester UK
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715 GadekMieczysławSierżantWarrant Officer79368511.09.1915PolandAir BomberKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
1942-08-24WellingtonIVZ1488BH-WIngham2101FrankfurtClaim by Hptm Wilhelm Herget 9/NJG4 - 2km South West of Marie, NNE of Laon: 6,400-400m at 0201. Crashed Marcy-sous-Marie 25km North East of LaonPoW No: 26889 Camp:Stalag Muhlberg. Died 1968 London UK
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716 GadomskiStefan AleksanderPlutonowy Radio Operator StrzelecelecSergeantP.781695Born 27 February 1918 Mińsk Maz. (Age 24 when killed)PolandRadio Operator / Air GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFSpecial Duties - Bomber Command138Sqn SOE1943-04-17Handley Page HalifaxllDT725NF-JRAF TempsfordSpecial Operations Executive (SOE)- Operation Lime 9, heading for a supply drop DZ near Moulins (Ille-et-Vilaine) 23 km SE of Rennes, France. Hit by flak on outbound leg and crashed at Ussy, FranceHit by flak on outbound leg and crashed at Ussy, FranceKilled on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery - Calvados, France. Plot VI Row B Grave 5-10
Courtesy Stefan Howard (was Gadomski)





Banneville-la-Campagne, France
Archiwum Polish DatabaseHis son Stefan Howard writes: As you know my father Stefan Gadomski was shot down on 18th April 1943 whilst on a mission to deliver agents or supplies in Normandy. His Wellington was hit by flak and crashed near the village of Ussy. I was born just 4 days earlier in Liverpool. His widow Pamela didn’t know how or where he died until many years later due we believe to the Official Secrets Act. She remarried many years later and had a daughter Wendy in 1956. Wendy actually married a Frenchman and lived west of Paris. When my mother finally learned of my father’s resting place we drove over to my sister’s house and visited Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery near Caen where he and his crew are buried. The war graves are beautifully maintained and we were very touched by the visit. I’m very proud of what my father did - to make his way, with friends, from Poland through partly occupied Europe to Portugal or Spain then to England. To join the Polish Air Force and to help in saving our country and hopefully liberating his."
717 GadusRomualdPodporucznik PilotPilot OfficerP.783651Born 16 February 1919 Dyneburg Latvia (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAF316Sqn (Polish)
1941-10-01Hawker HurricaneZ2962RAF Church StantonKilled on Transport Flight. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Transport FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Taunton (St Mary's) Cemetery - Somerset, United Kingdom. Row Section G Grave 2/5353 Joint


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718 GągałaEdward Sierżant Warrant OfficerP.793196Born 15 September 1915 Ułęż Ryki (Age 29 when killed)PolandRadio Operator / Air GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1945-01-19Consolidated LiberatorKH151RAF Brindisi, Italy. Location : Italy. Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Bari War Cemetery, Italy. Plot XIII Row G Grave 9

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719 GaikZygmunt PawełKapral StrzelecFlight SergeantP.782652Born 13 November 1917 Kraków (Age 23 when killed)PolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber CommandNo.18 OTU1941-04-29Vickers WellingtonIL4297RAF BramcoteTraining FlightTook off from Bramcote on a Night Circuit Training but flew into trees and crashed at Weston Hall, Bulkington, on the South-Eastern outskirts of Bedworth, Warwickshire at 01:09 hrs. Location : United Kingdom.Killed on Training Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery - Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Row Section H Grave 100 Collective

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720 GajekWacław WilliamKapral NawigSergeantP.784193Born 14 October 1921 Kansas City – USA (Age 21 when killed)USANavigatorMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1942-11-08Bristol BeaufighterVlfX8149EW-RAF Exeter20:05Calibration FlightTook off from Exeter at 20.05 for a flight to calibrate searchlight beams. Pilots were required to fly at particular heights toward a set position and earchlight operators tried to catch them in their beams. As bad weather approached, the pilot was recalled at 22.00 hours. Whilst attempting to land in very poor visability, one wing of the aircraft got caught in a tree and was torn off, the machine plunged to the ground and caught fire. Sgt Gajek died in the burning aircraft, whist the Pilot, who regained conciousness after the crash managed to force open the cockpit cover and roll clear of the flames. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Active Service, on Training Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Exeter Higher Cemetery - Devon, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Section 2k Grave 73. A volunteer of Polish Descent from America


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721 GajewskiAntoni JózefSierzantSergeantP.780790Born 27 February 1900 (Age 40)PolandAircraftsman General DutiesMedal Lotniczy

PAF P.S.P. Centrum Wyszkolenia Ziemnego 1941-02-10RAF Blackpool Died in Hospital. Location : United Kingdom. Died on Active ServiceThree Counties Hospital Cemetery, Stotfold, Arlesey - Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Grave 4212img src="/AircrewDeaths39-47/aircrewdeathsDBImages/three-counties-stotfold-uk.jpg" alt="" width="150">Archiwum Polish Database
722 GajewskiHenryk FeliksPlutonowy NawigWarrant OfficerP.781284Born 16 December 1918 Sięganów Łask (Age 25 when killed)PolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1944-08-07De Havilland MosquitoXllHK230EW-BRAF Church FentonIntruder, Patrol - HollandAircraft hit by anti-aircraft fire and fell to earth in flames, South-East of Arnhem. Location : Netherlands. Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery - Gelderland, Netherlands. Grave 31 (Rozendaal Public Cemetery, Arnhem, Netherlands - Grave 31)

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723 GajosińskiJerzyPlutonowy Mech CorporalP.782519Born 19 December 1921 Książ Wielki Miechów (Age 20 when killed)PolandMechanicMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command301Sqn (Polish)
1942-04-28RAF HemswellRauceby Died after an operation in RAF Hospital Raunceby. Location : United Kingdom. Died after an operation in Hospital Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot Row Section L Grave 308Archiwum Polish Database
724 GalasMieczyslaw KazimierzPodporucznik StrzelecFlight SergeantP.784413Born 5 November 1919 (Age 23)PolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)
Medal Lotniczy (x2)
PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1943-05-12Vickers Wellington XHE295BH-PRAF Hemswell00:29DuisburgTook off from Hemswell 00.29 13 May 1943 on a Operation to Duisburg. Lost without trace. Probably shot down by a German fighter over the sea.
Added by Stefan Pietrzak Youngs: 1943-05-13 Wellington HE295 BH-P. Take off 00:29 RAF Helmswell Attack on Duisberg. Shot down by night fighter Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1 in Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. Crew: Pilot Sgt. S. Werner P782668, Navigator F/O. R. Tabaczynski P0368, Bomb aimer Sgt. H. Szymanowicz P794517, W/Op/A/G Sgt. H.W. Lercel P794322. A/G P/O. M. Galas P784413. All lost without trace 56% moon
Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt,


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725 GalewiczRoman MarianKapitanFlight LieutenantP-047804.07.1915 JarosławPolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3>

PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-06-05WellingtonIIZ8601SM-MLindholme2308EssenDitched 10 miles East of Aldeburgh Suffolk UK. Rescued by HMS CampbellRescuedArchiwum Polish Database
726 GalewiczRoman MarianKapitanFlight LieutenantP-047804.07.1915 JarosławPolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3>

PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-06-05WellingtonIIW5573SM-OLindholme2208StuttgartReturning to base, crash landed 4 miles NNE of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Crashed near Blyton LINCSSurvived. Archiwum Polish Database
727 GaliczynStanisławKapral StrzelecSergeantP.783260Born 20 November 1920 Wilno (Age 22 when killed)PolandAir GunnerKrzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1943-07-25Vickers Wellington XHZ486BH-ZRAF Ingham22:05EssenTook off from Ingham 22.50 25 July 1943 on an Operation to bomb Essen. Shot down by flak and aircraft crashed near Asbeck, 10 km West South West of Hagen in the Eastern Ruhr. The Pilot. Sgt E Galiczyn, baled out, but his head was struck by part of the aircraft and he died shortly after reaching the ground.. Location : Germany.Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot Xxvii Row G Grave 15

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728 GallowayS RFlight LieutenantBomber Command49Sqn
1945-02-08LancasterIII ME353EA-QFulbeck1649PolitzKilledPoznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland
729 GallusPaweł PiotrChorążySergeant79412428.04.1920 Szczawin GostyninPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

PAFFighter Command302Sqn Polish
1944-12-30SpitfireIXMK200BombingInjured

Archiwum Polish DatabaseBorn on the 28th April 1920 in Szczawin, Poland. Died on the 10th April 2011 in Northampton.
730 GałasMieczysław KazimierzPodporucznikFlight Sergeant78411305.11.1919 PoznańPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-03-13WellingtonIIZ8438SM-BLindholme1922KolnAircraft 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.Injured

Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database Z8438
731 GałasMieczysław KazimierzPodporucznikFlight Sergeant78411305.11.1919 PoznańPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1942-06-20WellingtonIIZ8537SM-YLindholme2326EmdenHomebound ran short of petrol after being hit flak and with failing engines the aircraft was put down 12 miles off Spurn Head. The crew were rescued.Rescued. Died 13.05.1943Archiwum Polish Database
732 GałatKazimierzPodporucznik NawigFlying OfficerP-2404 / 704073Born 28 March 1920 Niepołomice Wieliczka (Age 24 when killed)PolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1944-07-25Avro LancasterIIIPB252BH-MRAF Faldingworth23:00StuttgartTook off from Faldingworth 23.00 25 July 1944 on an Operation to bomb Stuttgart. On outbound flight Lancaster collided in mid-air with RCAF Lancaster ND903 aircraft near Orleans and at 01.00 hours it was abandoned. Location : France.Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Orleans Main Cemetery - Cher, France. Plot I Row B Grave 3




Orleans Main, France
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database PB252Raid on Stuttgart undertaken by 412 Lancasters and 138 Halifaxes of Bomber Command. 8 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxes were lost (2.2 per cent of the force desptached).

733 GałązkaJanKapralSergeantP-78155411.12.1919 Ktery Kutno (Age 22 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter302Sqn Polish
1942-05-31SpitfireVbBL677RoadsteadKilled Polish Air Force Memorial, Northolt Middlesex United Kingdom
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734 GałczyńskiZbigniew MieczysławPilot OfficerP-0023 / 76863Age 29 - born on the 06th August 1912 Korytnica WęgrówPolandObserverVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
1941-04-15WellingtonIcR1212NZ-?RAF Syerston1727TrainingTraining flight - during an attempt to land at Flintham Woods, Syerston, the pilot climbed too high and was ordered to circle the airport again. During another attempt to land, one of the engines failed and the plane collided with a tree on the edge of the airport. - J.Jarosz and T.Aranowski and Z.M.Gałczyński - wounded, survivors in an accident. Died: L. Pietruszewski, A. Berger and pilot R.K. Christman.

See archive report for further details
InjuredNone - survived the war - passed away on the 08th February 1983 at Hailsham, East Sussex
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735 GandorWładysławpororucznikFlying OfficerP-075202.11.1912 Komorowice Bielsko-BiałaPolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych

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PAFBomber Command301Sqn Polish
1942-08-28WellingtonIVZ1491GR-ZHemswell2000SaarbrückenClaim by Hptm Ludwig Bietmann 5/NJG1 - Between St Trond & Hasselt: 5,300m at 2303. Crashed Rummen 14km South East of DiestPoW No. 645. Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria

Died 1995 Macclesfield, Cheshire, U.K.

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736 GandurskiWiktor ZbigniewKapral NawigSergeantP.780320Born 26 July 1915 Jasieniec Ukraine (Age 25 when killed)PolandNavigatorMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1941-01-10Boulton Paul DefiantlN3401EW-RAF Squires GatePatrolSpeke Control Centre ordered two aircraft up for an hour's patrol over Formby at a height of between 10,000 - 15,000 feet. After the aircraft took off from Squires Gate, Blackpool, the weather worsened. Over Liverpool both aircraft came under 'friendly' anti-aircraft gire and the aircraft were recalled. One aircraft (Grodzicki and Karwowski) did return, but the other aircraft crew appearred not to have heard the recall. They lost their bearings and flew South-West intead of North. Getting low on fuel they made a forced landing on a beach at Barmouth, North Wales, which was under water. The Defiant turned over and both crew, who were trapped inside drowned. Location : United Kingdom. 307 Squadron 10 September 1940Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Blackpool (Layton) Cemetery - Lancashire, United Kingdom. Row Sec Bb Grave 441 . Three Defiants flew a low level flyover during the funeral as a salute to their friends
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737 GarbaczWincentyKapral StrzelecSergeantP.781505Born 19 July 1916 Kiszki Janów Lub. (Age 25 when killed)PolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
1942-04-12WellingtonICDV437NZ-Lindholme2127EssenCrash landed near March CAMBSSurvived. Killed later in Z1088
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738 GarbaczWincentyKapral StrzelecSergeantP.781505Born 19 July 1916 Kiszki Janów Lub.(Age 25 when killed)PolandAir GunnerMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1942-04-27Vickers WellingtonICZ1088NZ-RAF LindholmeKolnOn the 27 April 1942 Wellington Z1088 of took off from Lindholme for an Ops Mission to Cologne and was shot down at Villiers-la-Ville 14 km East-South-East of Nivelles. Location : Belgium.Killed in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Charleroi Communal Cemetery - Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. Row V Grave 3 To 5

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739 GarbattTomasz Ryszard Starszy Szeregowiec Radio Operator SergeantP.704593Born 2 September 1919 Garson Ovary – Canada (Age 24 when killed)PolandRadio OperatorMedal Lotniczy

PAFNo.6 OTU1944-05-05Vickers WellingtonXIIMP541RAF SillothTrainingKilled whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Training Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost on training flight
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740 GarczyńskiEdmundPlutonowyFlight Sergeant78280506.08.1918 GrudziądzPolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
1943-04-08WellingtonIIIBJ609BH-TrainingCrash landed Corrington Lincs
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741 GarczyńskiEdmundPlutonowy PilotFlight SergeantP.782805Born 6 August 1918 Grudziądz (Age 24 when killed)PolandPilotKrzyż Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1943-07-25Vickers Wellington XHZ486BH-ZRAF Ingham22:05EssenTook off from Ingham 22.50 25 July 1943 on an Operation to bomb Essen. Shot down by flak and aircraft crashed near Asbeck, 10 km West South West of Hagen in the Eastern Ruhr. The Pilot. Sgt E Galiczyn, baled out, but his head was struck by part of the aircraft and he died shortly after reaching the ground.. Location : Germany. Died of Injuries received in Action, on Operational Flight PAF Memorial, Northolt, Reichswald Forest War Cemetery - Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot Xxvii Row G Grave 16


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742 GarstkaStanisławSierzantSergeantP.783661Born 19 August 1918 Wełnica GnieznoPolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
1941-11-30WellingtonIcX3164NZ-Lindholme1638HamburgDitched 20 miles East of Great Yarmouth at 22:25 after returning on one engine. The aircraft floated for several minutes giving the crew time to get into their dinghy.Rescued Archiwum Polish Database
743 GarstkaStanisławSierzantSergeant783661Born 19 August 1918 Wełnica Gniezno (Age 23 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
1942-01-10 WellingtonIcDV423NZ-?Lindholme1741WilhelmshavenThe aircraft was subjected to barrage of heavy flak from two Langeoog bases Marine batteries at 5,000m before being shot down. Claim by Oblt Rudolf Schoenert 5/NJG2 - Sea 17km North West of Langeoog (74154 Jaguar): 5,000m at 2215 (Nachtjagd Combat Archives The Early Years Part 2 - Theo Boiten)KilledPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database DV423
744 GasakStanisławPorucznik Nawig Flying OfficerP.1264Born 15 January 1916 Chełm (Age 26 when killed)PolandNavigatorMedal Lotniczy

PAF1454 Flight1942-01-26Douglas HavocAW395RAF Charmy DownBox, Wiltshire Aircraft corkscrewed to earth near Box, Wiltshire, whilst on a training flight. Location : United Kingdom. Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery - Somerset, United Kingdom. Plot Service 5 2 Row V Section F Grave 267Archiwum Polish Database
745 GąseckiJózef StanisławPorucznikFlying OfficerP-2115 / 78203316.02.1919 WarszawaPolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych

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PAFBomber Command305Sqn Polish
1943-06-21WellingtonXHE347SM-FHemswell2315KrefeldCrashed SE Antwerpen. 1943-06-22 Wellington [305Sqn Polish] air raid on Krefeld - shot down by the German night fighter over Gruenwezel, the plane fell in flames - he survived and returned to base.Evader Killed in 1944PAF Memorial Northolt, Newark Cemetery (Polish Plot)
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746 GąseckiJózef StanisławPorucznik Nawig Flying OfficerP-2115 / 782033Born 16 February 1919 Warszawa (Age 25 when killed)PolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych

Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command307Sqn (Polish)
1944-09-18De Havilland MosquitoXllHK194EW-LRAF Church Fenton20:01Operation Market GardenReturning from Operation Market Garden two Mosquitos collided in mid-air. HK228 EW-R, flown by F/Lt Griffiths with G K Lane, was in flight at 1200 feet when it was struck by HK194 EW-L flown by F/Lt S Madej with F/O J Gasecki, which was overtaking from below and behind. HK194 crashed near Withcall Station, Withcall, Lincolnshire and the crew were killed. HK228 crash landed at Sturgate, Lincolnshire and the crew escaped seconds before the aircraft went up in flames. Location : United Kingdom. See archive reportMissing - believed killedPAF Memorial, Northolt, Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Plot War Graves Plot Row Section L Grave 326 Courtesy Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak



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747 GasiorBolesław StanisławKapral PilotSergeantP.780861Born 23 May 1922 Świeciechów Kraśnik (Age 20 when killed)PolandPilotMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFNo.2 Air Gunners School1943-02-20Boulton Paul DefiantL7029RAF Dalcross Killed whilst on a training flight. Location : . Killed on Training FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Archiwum Polish Database
748 GastołEdwardKapral BombardierFlight SergeantP.793471Born 11 July 1914 Zagrodniki Węgrów (Age 29 when killed)PolandBomb AimerVirtuti Militari

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Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
1943-10-07Vickers Wellington XHF490BH-ORAF Ingham23:13Gardening - St. NazaireTook off from Ingham 23.13 7 October 1943 on a Gardening, mine-laying operation near St. Nazaire. Failed to return from operation. Lost without trace. Location : English Channel / France.Killed in Action, on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, No Known Grave - Lost in operation to St Naizaire


Polish Memorial Northolt UK
Fuller details at Archiwum Polish Database HF490
749 GaudynJózefPorucznik Pilot InstruktorFlying OfficerP.0921Born 1 March 1907 (Age 34)PolandPilot - InstructorMedal Lotniczy

PAF25 (P) Elementary Flying Training School1942-01-15Tiger MothT7747RAF Hucknall. Location : United Kingdom. Killed in Flying AccidentPAF Memorial, Northolt, Hucknall Cemetery - Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Row Section D Grave 5

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750 GauzeCzesławPorucznik PilotPilot OfficerP.76809Born 26 February 1918 Erechim – Brazil (Age 22 when killed)BrazilPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command605Sqn
1940-11-15Hawker HurricanelV6951UP-RAF CroydonPatrolShot down over Kent at 09:30 hrs and ditched. Location : United Kingdom. No.56 OTU; 85 Squadron 1 October 1940; 605 Squadron 26 October 1940Killed on Operational FlightPAF Memorial, Northolt, Whyteleafe (St Luke) Churchyard - Surrey, United Kingdom. Plot Service Row G Grave 30
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