Stefan Krynski

28 December 1940 Wellington R1035 300 Sqn. Take off 16.25 from RAF Swinderby to bomb the port refinery at Antwerp. Crashed a mile short of the base on return coming into land. 21.24 struck a tree 400 yards out from the flare path causing the cockpit windows to shatter. Crashed after striking another tree 320 yards out after the pilot dropped the aircraft's nose to pick up speed, thinking the aircraft was stalling due to the Pitot tube feeding the airspeed indicator being damaged and giving a false reading.

After graduating from the Officer's School of Aviation in Grudziadz, he was assigned to the Maritime Aviation Squadron becoming the adjutant to the commander.

November 1930 appointed to the position of commander of the Port Branch, he commanded it until November 1932. After being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, he took the post of commander of the Military Aviation Preparation Centre in Gdansk. He left it in February 1933 moving to the airport at Rumia.

From May 1935 to September 1936, he was the commander of the Riverine Air Escadrille,
Pinsk River Squadron. Promoted to the rank of captain, a year later he became the adjutant of the President Ignacy Moscicki. With the fall of Poland he escaped via Romania to France and then to Great Britain.

28 December 1940 Wellington R1035 300 Sqn.

Sgt Henryk Wegrzyn KW ML - Born 1915 Borzeta, Poland, died from his injuries in RAF Swinderby Station Sick Quarters later.
F/O Jerzy Golko 4xKW 3xML ODRK - Seriously injured, survived the war died in 2005 USA.
P/O Konrad Szymanski ML BEM - Injured, survived the war died in Poland.
Sgt Wladyslaw Graczyk VM V kl 4xKW ML ODRK - Seriously injured, survived the war died 2004 Poland.
Sgt Aleksander Suczynski 4xKW ML ODRK - Seriously injured, survived the war died 1979 Cheshire.