ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163027
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 1586 ESP RAF |
| Registration: | JP295 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Banica -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brindisi, Italy |
Halifax II JP295 vanished without trace whilst making supply drops to the Kampimos Forest area, near Warsaw.
After the Second World War the crash site was located and excavated.
Pilot: F/O. Kazimierz Widacki P-2708 P.A.F. Age 23. Killed
Nav/Commander: Fl/Lt. Franciszek Kazimierz Omylak G.M. P-2043 P.A.F. Age 37. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Andrzej Wilhelm Jerzy Balcarek P-780000 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
Air/Bmr: P/O. Konstanty Dunin-Horkawicz P-2484 P.A.F. Age 27. Killed
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Jan Franciszek Ożga P-705033 P.A.F. Age 25. Killed
Air/Gnr: F/O. Tadeusz Mroczko P-2703 P.A.F. Age 24. Killed
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Józef Skorczyk P-705778 P.A.F. Age 29. Killed
R.I.P.
Lots more information on the links placed below:
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/omylak-franciszek.html
http://aircrewremembered.com/banica-polish-memorial.html
Images:
Banica Polish Memorial
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2014 12:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 24-Jan-2014 14:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 03-May-2014 08:17 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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