R.A.F. Polish

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Rank
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Initially buried
Today buried
Grave


ŻAK Józef
st. sierż. mech.
27.3.1900
Polish Air Force in France, Groupe de chasse II/6
121 Sqdn.
19.5.1940, Vertain, France
Vertain
since 1960 at Langannerie, France P.C.W. 
II.A.4.

Żak Józef took part in a defensive war in France.
He was the head of the mechanics of the 121 nightfighter 
squadron and was killed by a German bombardment 
on the airbase of Vertain, France.


In Polish records mentioned same the grave is buried: 
Gożdż Edmund
14.9.1921 Wetter, Germany
1.Pol.Dyw.Panc.
10.8.1944
at Langannerie II.A.4.

But his mortal remainders were not found there, probably 
exhumed and trasferred.

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