R.A.F. Polish
photo: Alison Head



Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today Buried
Grave


PIWKO Mieczysław
sierż. pil.  
793644
19.8.1914 Warszawa
R.A.F. Polish
286 Sqdn. RAF  
11.5.1942, Honiton, Devon, U.K.
Exeter Higher Cemetery, Exeter, Devon, U.K.
Section ZK, Grave 70

[About this cemetery]

[His name is mentioned on the Polish Air Force memorial at Northolt, U.K.]

Accident with Airspeed Oxford I, nr. DF 253. Crashed at Honiton, Devon.

Aircraft broke up recovering from dive dummy attack on gun positions of  
anti-aircraft artillery.

Probably caused by construction failure. 
In this crash Sgt. D.C. MacGregor, F.Sgt. A. G, Goulson lost their lieves as well. 


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