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Sergeant

Henryk Wegrzyn

Service number 781192
Military unit 300 Squadron Polish Air Force
Address Unknown
Date of birth 16 Apr 1915
Date of death 29 Dec 1940 (25 years old)
Place of birth Borzeta, Myslenice, Poland.
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

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Military history

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.

Extra information

28 December 1940 Wellington R1035 300 Sqn.

F/Lt Stefan Krynski - Killed
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.

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