Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today Buried
Grave

PODGAJNY Edward 
kapr. strz. r/op.
781593
5.10.1916 Kraków
R.A.F. Polish
307 Sqdn.  
11.2.1942, Sowton, Devon, U.K. 
Exeter Higher Cemetery, Exeter, Devon, U.K.
Section ZK, Grave 19

O.R.B. EXETER

23.45 Beaufighter IIF. T.3035 crashed at Sowton when approaching to land 
in conditions of bad visibility. 

The pilot 783690. Sgt. Thiesler, K. And Observer Radio 
781593 Sgt. Podgajny were both killed. 

The aircraft hit a tree and caught fire.

Source: http://orb.polishaf.pl/unit/307sqn

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

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