Jan Siwiec
Service number
P/1148
Military unit
305 Squadron Polish Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
24 Oct 1915
Date of death
23 Dec 1941 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Wilno, Poland now Lithuania.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
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Military history
23 December 1941 Wellington W5374 305 Sqn Take off RAF Lindholme at 17.32 on a mission to Koln. On return W5374 was seen below low cloud at 500ft approaching Sibbertoft. Believed to have been damaged by Flak and reportedly on fire, the aircraft cleared the village before crashing and exploding on the Naseby Road at 21.20. Locals recovered the bodies and placed them in the out buildings of the Red Lion Pub.
F/O Czeslaw Golacki
Sgt Eugeniusz Baracz
Sgt Henryk Rozpara
F/O Alfons Nowak
Sgt Zdzislaw Kurowski
P/O Jan Siwiec
Extra information
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Photographs
Photo of Jan Siwiec
Photo: Małgorzata Cudowska archive.