Rank
Service
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave
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SIKORSKI Marian
por. pil.
P 1098
14.11.1915 Warszawa
R.A.F. Polish
317 Sqdn.
18.12.1941
Exeter Higher Cemetery, U.K.
Plot Section ZK, Grave 51
O.R.B. Exeter
While taking off for an operational Flight, P/O Sikorski,
piloting Spitfire AA 941 after commencing his run,
stopped on the runway, owing to ground [xist].
F/O Solak being unable to see what had happened
commencing his run on Spitfire W.342[9], and crashed
into the aircraft on the runway killing P/O Sikorski.
Source: http://orb.polishaf.pl/unit/307sqn
[His name is mentioned on the Polish Air Force memorial at Northolt, U.K.]
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