R.A.F. Polish





photo: Rob Philips


Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave

ŁAPKOWSKI Wacław
mjr. pil. (S/Ldr)
P 1506
6.9.1913  Dyneburg Łotwa 
R.A.F. Polish
303 Sqdn.
2.7.1941, washed ashore
in the Communal Cemetery at Lombardsijde, Belgium 
Grave 224.

Took off from Northolt.
Shot down with Spitfire Mk IIB nr. 8596 by a nightfighter during escorting 
bombers to Lille, France

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[His name is mentioned on the Polish Air Force memorial at Northolt, U.K.]

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