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Post by Bonobo on Jul 21, 2019 8:24:02 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 22, 2022 15:49:25 GMT 1
pobezdrozach.com/makieta-samolotu-los/www.altair.com.pl/magazines/article?article_id=2484Polish Moose bomber crash site from 1939 On September 4, 1939, based at the airport in Kuciny near Aleksandrów Łódzki, III Platoon of the 212nd Bomb Squadron, under the command of Lieutenant Observer Kazimierz Żukowski, was tasked with bombing German motorized columns in the Wieluń region. None of the crews returned from this task.
FORCED LANDING
The formation of three planes was led by Łoś 72.43, commanded by Lt. Obs. Kazimierz Żukowski, on his left was flying Łoś 72.16, 2nd Lt. obs. Kazimierz Dzik, and on the right Łoś 72.91, 2nd Lt. obs. Mieczysław Bykowski. Shortly after take-off, the Elk key was intercepted by eight Messerschmitt BF109Ds from 1./ZG2. After two attacks by three Messerschmitts, the plane of Lieutenant Obs. Kazimierz Żukowski was shot down over the village of Śądkowice and fell on the field of Stefan Dychto. All crew died. They were all buried in the cemetery in Dłutów.
The shot down plane of 2nd Lt. obs. Mieczysław Bykowski fell in the meadows near the village of Patoki (about 8 km from the village of Śródkowice), near Drużbice, and fell into the excavated peat. The plane was on fire. Only one aviator from the crew - Cpl. pil. Kazimierz Kaczmarek, who jumped out with a parachute. The Polish army took the wounded. After the crash, the fire spread to the lower part of the fuselage. Only the wings and the tail of the plane were visible. The fire prevented the arriving residents from extracting the airmen from the plane. The bodies of two of them were not released until the next day. The body of the third aviator - 2nd Lt. Bykowski - only recovered in 1940. They were all buried in the cemetery in Drużbice.
The third from Łosi - the plane of 2nd Lt. obs. Kazimierz Dzik suffered serious damage during air combat. Engine and wing fuel tank caught fire. The crew managed to drop bombs, and the plane forcibly landed near the village of Dłutówek in a young forest, about 6 km from the village of Śądkowice. Before landing, two crew members jumped out of the burning plane - Cpl. shooter Aleksander Danielak and Konstanty Gołębiowski. Despite the fact that they were shelled by the Germans during their parachute descent, they survived. The other two crew members also survived. Lt. obs. Kazimierz Dzik - independently, and 2nd Lt. pil. Feliks Mazak, with the help of boys Piotr Olkusz and Edward Szymak and an observer - got out of the burning plane. The pilot was in a head down position as a result of the impact, he had a broken arm and thigh bones knocked out of the joints. He was strapped to a burning plane. When he was saying goodbye to life, an unexpected help came in the person of the boys who were working in a nearby field at that time. Piotrek Olkusz and Edward Szymak ran after the falling plane. Piotrek crawled to the cabin and cut the belts with a knife taken from his pocket. Other people ran up, a horse-drawn carriage was brought in, airmen were placed on it and taken to the military hospital in Pabianice, and then with him and the front retreating eastward to Vilnius. There the pilot - as soon as his health condition allowed him to leave the hospital - was taken by his friend's parents. Under a changed name (Jan Żarnowski) and thanks to the help of various people, he managed to avoid arrest and deportation to the camp by changing his addresses. The crew commander died in Katyn. Peter Olkusz, because that is the name of the man who saved the pilot - is 96 years old and lives in Canada. Edward Szymak did not survive the war.         
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2022 18:45:57 GMT 1
www.wikiwand.com/pl/Pomnik_Lotnik%C3%B3w_AngielskichMonument of English Airmen - commemoration of English airmen who died as a result of shooting down the plane on August 15, 1944 , located at the Zesłańców Syberyskich roundabout in Warsaw . Monument to the English Airmen Country Poland Voivodeship Masovian Town Warsaw Date of unveiling 1994 Description The monument is located in the eastern part of Reduta Ordona in the Ochota district , in the area of ul. Szujski and al. Heroes of September. It has the form of a boulder with a plaque with an inscription on it . It was unveiled on the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising in 1994. It commemorates the crew of the Liberator EW264 aircraft of No. 178 Bomber Squadron of the British RAF , shot down by German artillery or night fighters on August 15, 1944, while making a drop for the insurgent Warsaw . The crew included Murray A. Baxter, RW Robinson, J. Winter, GW Joslyn, JW Lee, W. Pratt, and FJ Barrett. They all died on the spot. 
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2022 18:49:54 GMT 1
www.auschwitz-podobozy.org/2014-01-11-22-08-23/169-72-rocznica-smierci-alvina-j-ellinaAnniversary of Alvin J Ellin's Death
he was shot after parachuting out of a damaged American bomber plane returning from an air raid on Blachownia and the local chemical plant. The bullets of the German gendarme reached the sergeant while still in the air, thus it was a war crime - he had no chance to fight or surrender.
He was buried on October 19, 1944, by the fence next to the chapel in the Jawiszowice cemetery, where, after the liberation, on October 21, 1945, his remains were transferred and he was solemnly buried in the proper grave, then still as an unknown airman. He was exhumed again on October 18, 1947, and his remains, already identified as Sergeant Alvin J. Ellin, were taken by representatives of the United States Army to one of the American military cemeteries.
This pilot was 19 years old at the time of his death, he was the tail gunner in the American B17 Flying Fortress bomber. Of the entire crew of ten who parachuted over Jawiszowice, only he died. Eight were taken prisoner and one, thanks to the help of local residents and soldiers from the Home Army unit, returned to his unit in Italy.
The plane shot down over Jawiszowice by the German Flak anti-aircraft battery stationed in Przecieszyn was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named Św. Francis (St.Francis).
Today's celebrations were organized by students of the Historical Circle from the School and Kindergarten Team No. 6 in Jawiszowice of the Primary School. Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, who were present at today's ceremony together with the teachers taking care of the circle, Mrs. Jadwiga Ignatiuk-Grzywa and Mrs. Barbara Fender. In previous years, this circle also participated in the work on the renovation of the monument of the "Unknown American Aviator", which they have been taking care of for years.
In addition, the ceremony was attended by a representative of the MP's office of Beata Szydło, the authorities of the Brzeszcze Commune headed by the Mayor of Brzeszcze, city councilors of the Brzeszcze Commune, representatives of the village council of Jawiszowice and non-governmental organizations.
What power do we, as adults, representatives of various institutions and organizations, have without youth? What would be our effort to preserve the historical heritage, take care of the Memorial Sites and commemorate such anniversaries as today's. It is only thanks to the involvement of those young people from the school in Jawiszowice who wanted and still want to take care of such places and learn to commune with this more material history, it all makes sense in the field. We can only provide them with a platform so that in the future, as adults, they can take over what we manage to save from our history, so that it does not fall into the abyss of oblivion. And for this willingness and youthful enthusiasm on our part, we thank them!   
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