Rank
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Date of death
Today buried
Grave

OYRZANOWSKI Wacław
st. sierż. mech.
793495
18.9.1903  Zawady p. Łask
R.A.F. Polish
307 Sqdn
28.6.1943, Penarth
Pembrey, St. Illtyd Churchyard, U.K.
Row 1, Grave 23

De Havilland Mosquito II, nr. DD644, code EW-Y was being tested 
after a 240 hours major inspection.
Two minutes after take off from Fairwood Common the starboard 
engine caught fire and the aircraft crashed in a field near Pennard 
near Swansea. 
Crew was killed.

See: Grzanka Roman

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

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