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Bednarski, Piotr

    Date of birth:
    September 13th, 1915
    Date of death:
    May 12th, 1943 (North Sea)
    Buried on:
    Polish War Grave Municipal Cemetery Sint Jacobiparochie
    Service number:
    792895
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    On 11 May 1943 departed from RAF Tempsford the Halifax DT627 of the No. 138 Squadron SOE (Special Operations Executive). The aircraft with a full Polish crew crashed for unknown reasons in the North Sea. In this crash the entire crew was killed. One of them is buried in this cemetery. Two are buried on the General Cemetery in West-Terschelling. One is buried on the Polish War Cemetery in Breda and the remaining three crew members were never found.

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