Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave

MARAS Jan Kazimierz
por. pil.
P 0657
11.2.1917 Düsseldorf, Germany 
R.A.F. Polish
306 Sqdn
23.7.1941 St. Omer, France
Pihen-lès-Guînes, Communal Cemetery, France
British Plot, Row B, Grave 2

Supermarine Spitfire IIB P8461, code UZ-R piloted by  
por. pil. Maras Jan Kazimierz was shot down by enemy fighter 
over France near St. Omer.

 ORB - Northolt
12 aircraft went on a "Circus" operation, from which P/O. J. MARAS 
and F/O. J. KOSMOWSKI failed to return. 
F/Lt. W. NOWAK had to bale out over the Channel and was rescued 
and later admitted to E.M.S. Hospital, Dover. F/O. J. SLONSKI and 
Sgt. FRANCZAK each destroyed 1 Me. 109.

Source: http://orb.polishaf.pl/

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

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