Date
Aircraft
Took off	
Target
Cause
Crashed 
Fate Crew

3.5.1941
WELLINGTON Mk 1C, R 1214, code SM-T, 305 Sqdn
at 21.40 hrs. from Syerston, Nottingham 
bombing Emden, Germany
hit by nightfighter
Budel, the Netherlands



Buried at Eindhoven:
mjr. obs. Malak Wacław Józef Navigator
mjr. obs. strz. Ryszkiewicz Mieczysław Józef Tail gunner
Unknown Airman, Connected with Wellington R 1214?? 


Prisoners of War:
por. obs. Jastrzębski Aleksander P 0082
por. pil. Nogal Józef P 0065
plut. pil. Kasprzyk 782331
kpr. r/op. Żuk Tadeusz 782265

This was the first time Polish Airmen based in Britain were taken prisoner in 
German Hands.
There was great interest: how would the Germans treat Polish Air Force PoWs?
Would their families in occupied Poland suffer reprisals? 
(source mrs. Betty Clements)

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