Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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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 |
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Crashed into North Sea off the Dutch coast | North Sea |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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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 |
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Operations Record Book | Zwanenburg, 'En nooit was het stil I', page 538 |
Version January, 2024