Memorial Wellington T2612

The following text is inscribed in the Memorial:

"In commemoration of the Polish crewmembers who died here on june 26th 1942
Maksymilian NIEMCZYK
Zygmunt WIECZOREK
Stanislaw WOLSKI
Aleksander ROZDZYNSKI
Wlozimierz Jerzy MIKOS"

Behind the memorial is a text plate with information about the crash of Wellington T2612:
"In the night of june 25th-26th 1942 a British bomber crashed in the grasland behind this memorial. All 5 crew members were killed during this crash.

It was a Wellington MK 1C Bomber with 5 crew members, all Poles. The aircraft was the N 18 OTU 300 R.A.F. The OTU means that it was a crew of an operating training unit. They were part of the 300 Masovian squadron of the Polish Air Force P.A.F.

The aircraft was on it's way back to Bramcote (England) after a bomb raid to Bremen. During this return flight, it was shot down by a German nightfighter that was based at Leeuwarden.

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Source

• Text: Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Hans Privée