2020

SK7149 : Wellington R1014 and R1212, 304 Polish Sqdn., RAF Syerston

taken 4 years ago, near to Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, England

Wellington R1014 and R1212, 304 Polish Sqdn., RAF Syerston
Wellington R1014 and R1212, 304 Polish Sqdn., RAF Syerston
The memorial is just one element of Link
The aircraft, R1014, for reasons not established at the inquiry, crashed at Station Farm, Bleasby, 6th February 1941, shortly after taking off for a training flight. All four Polish crew members died in the crash.
The crew:
Air Gunner, Plutonowy Strzelec (Cpl.), Jan Adam CYMBORSKI, PAF
Pilot, Plutonowy (Sgt.), Józef JOŃCZYK, PAF
Observer, Plutonowy (Sgt.), Wojciech LICHOTA, PAF
Pilot, Starszy Sierzant (Mstr Sgt) Stanisław TOFIN, PAF

Also for Wellington R1212, 304 Polish Sqdn., RAF Syerston.
During a training flight on the 15th April 1941, the Wellington lost one engine during landing and crashed at the edge of Flintham Woods, Syerston. F/O Galczynski and Sgt Ananowski were seriously wounded and Sgt Jarosz suffered minor injuries. Those killed in the crash were: Pilot, Porucznik (Flg Off.), Rudolf Karol CHRISTMAN, PAF W/Op/Air Gunner, Plutonowy (Sgt.), Antoni BERGER, PAF Pilot, Kapral Podchorazy (Sgt.)Wiesław Leszek PIETRUSZEWSKI, PAF.
Wartime aircraft crash Memorials

During the Second World War hundreds of aircrew were lost in accidents while training, landing, taking off or attempting to get back to their base with a badly damaged aircraft.
By creating this shared description and collecting them into one place I will not only pay tribute to the men who lost their lives in the line of duty but hopefully give some scale to the cost in lives.
These are just the ones who have a memorial; there are hundreds more who have no memorial or were lost at sea. They should not be forgotten. Their lives were equally precious.
In Honour of those who served and in Memory of those who fell.


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This photo is linked from: Articles: · East Anglia World War Two Aircrew Crash Memorials Automatic Clusters: · Bleasby War Memorial [8] · Died in the Crash [2] Other Photos: · Lancaster memorial at Bleasby ·
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SK7149, 57 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 11 March, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 13 March, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 71734 49586 [1m precision]
WGS84: 53:2.3249N 0:55.8967W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 71734 49586
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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