R.A.F. Polish


Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death


BIAŁEK Stanisław
kpr. 
780723
25.3.1920 Brody p. Nowotomirski  
R.A.F. Polish
304 Sqdn. (Slaski)
6.5.1941, North Sea. 
Missing

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

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CREW killed:
Białek Stanisław
Duchnicki Stanisław Feliks
Hampel Leon
Sobieralski Feliks
Sym Antoni
Żołnowski (Zołnowski) Władysław

CRASH of WELLINGTON R 1443

According the notes of mrs. Betty Clements:

Wellington Mk 1C nr R1443 took off from Syerston at 22.01 for a raid on Le Havre, France, and was believed shot down over the 40 km SW of the island of Texel by enemy ship's flak.
The crew were F/O (Pilot) Antoni Sym, Sgt (Pilot) Władysław Żolnowski, P/O (Obs.) Feliks Sobieralski, Sgt (W/Op) Leon Hampel, Sgt (Air gunner) Stanisław Białek, P/O Stanisław Duchnicki (Obs. flying as air gunner).
Several of these had flown on the Squadrons maiden operation.

There were no survivors.

The body of P/O Sobieralski was washed ashore in the Netherlands (14.9.1941); he is buried in Noordwijk Cemetery, the Netherlands
The sea brought the bodies of Sgts Żołnowski and Hampel to the British shore: Żołnowski is buried in the cemetery at Newark and Hampel is listed at the cemetery at Eastbourne, Sussex.

Sadly, no graves are identified for the others in the crew.

The note of an Unidentified Polish crew member buried in Eindhoven is not correct. He belonged an other crew.

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