R.A.F. Polish




photo: Andrea Charlesworth


Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave
RIESS Stanisław Franciszek
por. inż. pil. - F/Lt
P 76665
14.2.1908 Kraków
R.A.F. Polish
AAEE = Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
4.2.1943, Sutton Scotney, Hants,  U.K.
Durringtin Cemetery, U.K.
Grave 760

After his arrival in England was por. inż. pil. Riess assigned to 
the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment located 
at Boscombe Down. 

On 04/02/1943 he started with Halifax W 7917 together with the 
English technicians F / Sgt Fieldingiem and Mr. Uwinen to do tests

The plane went into a corkscrew and crashed at Sutton Scotney 
in Mantshire. 

All three lost their lives.

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

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