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No. 16 (P) S.F.T.S. Miles Master DL627 L.A.C. Zmuda tragic training accident

Operation: Training

Date: 14th April 1943 (WEDNESDAY)

Unit: No. 16 (P) S.F.T.S.

Type: Miles Master III

Serial: DL627

Base: RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire.

Location: At base, RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire 

Pilot (U/T): Miles Master DL627 LAC Adam Żmuda 792020 PAF Age 25. Killed

Pilot: Miles Master W8654 F/O. Józef Feliks Mierzejewski P-1607/783642 PAF Age 30. Survived.

REASON FOR LOSS:

No. 16 (Polish) Service Flying Training School provided basic and advanced training for the hundreds of Polish airmen serving with the RAF, the unit only being disbanded in October 1946.

                      

             L.A.C. Adam Żmuda and grave at Newark-Upon-Trent


F/O. Józef Feliks Mierzejewski who survived the accident - born 09th February 1916 - died on the 24th February 1985, London, England.




             

Unclear as to the cause of the accident, but it appears that the landing gear hit another Miles Master III W8654 piloted by F/O. Jozef Mierzejewski P-1607 that was taxying. The result was that DL627 crashed killing the pilot Adam Żmuda.

Burial Details:

LAC Adam Żmuda. Newark-Upon-Trent. Row J. Grave 326. Born 4th April 1918. Borowa, Poland.

Acknowledgments: Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - "Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945", Polish Archives.

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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