Mieczyslaw Solecki
Service number
P/793230
Military unit
18 Operational Training Unit Polish Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
22 Oct 1909
Date of death
21 Oct 1943 (33 years old)
Place of birth
Dabrowa Górn, Poland.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
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Military history
21 October 1943 Wellington BK471 18 OTU RAF Bricotes, satellite of RAF Finningley. Take off 19.17 on evening navigation training, soon afterward the pilot informed base he had an engine problem at 4000ft and was returning. At 19.57 the engine failed and BK471 crashed into trees at Rossington Hall, 2 miles north of the airfield and caught fire.
Subsequent inspection found a taper pin had sheared in the engine, leading to a
catastrophic failure.
Also killed;
F/Lt Stefan Alberti
F/Sgt Roman Kot
Sgt Jerzy Sawicki.
Sgt Antoni Marynowski - injured. Died 2013, St Annes-on-Sea.
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Photographs
Photo of Mieczyslaw Solecki
Photo: IPiMS.