R.A.F. Polish




photo: Steve Jones


Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave

GRZANKA Roman
kpt. pil.
P 0191
10.2.1905 Ujma Wielka p. Nieszawa
R.A.F. Polish
307 Sqdn
27.6.1943, Penarth
Pembrey, St. Illtyd Churchyard, U.K.
Row 1, Grave 24 

De Havilland Mosquito II, nr. DD644, code EW-Y was being tested 
after a 240 hours major inspection.
Two minutes after take off from Fairwood Common the starboard 
engine caught fire and the aircraft crashed in a field near Pennard 
near Swansea. 

Crew was killed.
See: Oyrzanowski Wacław

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

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