halifax mkii (bb438)

HALIFAX MKII (REGISTRATION: BB438)
A Winter in Belfast
A Winter in Belfast
By David Ellis
Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army: The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories
Unearthing Churchill's Secret Army: The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories
By John Grehan, Martin Mace
HALIFAX MKII (REGISTRATION: BB438)
T/O Brindisi 20.07 hrs for arms drop to the Polish Army. A/c hit by flak in the vicinity of Tarrow and then at 01.00 hrs was attacked by German fighter aircraft. A Halifax was claimed by Lt. Wilhelm Seuss of 11./NJG5 at Tarnow, north of Mielec at 00.19 hrs A/c crashed onto house and farm buildings at Sadkowa Top in the municipality of Borowa, Poland killing all members of crew and Cecilia Podleszanska the 15 year old daughter of Andrew and Bronislawa Podleszanskich. The bodies of the crew were buried near to the crash site and were transferred to the military cemetery at Krakow after the end of the war.
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  1. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Menday, Ronald Albert

    SURNAMEMenday FORENAMERonald Albert UNIT148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1809493 DATE OF DEATH5th May 1944 AGE GRAVESITEKrakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 1.C.10-11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONair gunner KIA Poland

  2. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Johnstone, Norman Wilson

    SURNAMEJohnstone FORENAMENorman Wilson UNIT148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1567556 DATE OF DEATH5th May 1944 AGE GRAVESITEKrakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 1.C.10-11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of N. and Mrs Johnstone,Peebles,Peebles-shire air gunner KIA Poland

  3. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Dawes, Ralph

    SURNAMEDawes FORENAMERalph UNIT148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKFlight Sergeant NUMBER1028668 DATE OF DEATH5th May 1944 AGE33 GRAVESITEKrakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 1.C.10-11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of Robert George and Alice Dawes husband of Hilda Dawes,Elson,Gosport,Hampshire...

  4. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Aldred, Eric Alfred

    SURNAMEAldred FORENAMEEric Alfred UNIT148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANKWarrant Officer NUMBER1335207 DATE OF DEATH5th May 1944 AGE GRAVESITEKrakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland 1.C.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONpilot KIA Poland

  5. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Agar, Michael Edwin

    SURNAME Agar FORENAME Michael Edwin UNIT 148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) RANK Flight Sergeant NUMBER 1800652 DATE OF DEATH 5th May 1944 AGE GRAVESITE Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery,Poland Coll.grave 1.C.10-11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION flight engineer KIA Poland
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