Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2279A
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
11/12 May 43 SD / SOE Catarrh 12 / Leek 7
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Halifax II DT627 NF-P 138 Sqdn RAF 2250 Tempsford
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
Crashed into North Sea off the Dutch coast North Sea
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Lt. J. Polnik 24 76792 PAF KIA Terschelling 98 Washed up Terschelling 6 Jul 43
Second Pilot F/Sgt. B. Wojno 28 784743 PAF KIA Terschelling 99 Washed up Terschelling 6 Jul 43
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Piatkowski 782899 PAF MIA Northolt Memorial
Navigator F/O. J.H. Polkowski P-0438 PAF MIA Northolt Memorial
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. K. Germansinski 793221 PAF KIA Breda Polish War Cem R 38 Initially buried Anjum
Rear Gunner Sgt. P. Bednarski 27 792895 PAF KIA Sint Jacobiparochie B 44 35 Washed up 1 Jul 43
Air Despatcher Sgt. J. Kurzak 793785 PAF MIA Northolt Memorial
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Zwanenburg, 'En nooit was het stil I', page 538

Version January, 2024