R.A.F. Polish




photo: Steve Jones


Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave

MIELCAREK Józef
por. pil.
P 1038  
29.12.1917 Czerninie 
R.A.F. Polish
HQ SFP
24.3.1941,
Cirenster, Gloucestershire U.K.
Plot c, Row BBB, Grave 15

On 24 March 1941, por. pil. Mielcarek Józef was delivering Hurricane, Z4176, 
to RAF Pengam Moors (Cardiff) from RAF Hulavington (England). 
Due to bad weather he became lost in fog/low cloud and crashed into a hillside 
near Llanwonno, South Wales. 

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

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