File 220. 1942-03-26/27 Wellington IV R1590 Porada Duin en Kruidberg

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Date: 1942 Mar 26/27 A/C Type: Wellington IV SN: R1590 Code: GR-H A/C Nickname:
 File: 220 Airforce: RAF Sqn/Unit:  301 Sqn (PAF) Mission/Raid: Essen
1 Pilot Sierz. pil. (Sgt) Franciszek S. Porada       Amsterdam 9    
2 CP/Obs Kpt. (F/Lt) Wiktor Jankowiak                  Amsterdam 10    
3 Fl Eng/AG Plut. (Corp) Emil Horbajczuk                  Amsterdam 11    
4 WO/AG Plut. (Corp) Ryszard Pukas         POW 12    
5 WO/AG Kpr. strz. (LAC) Jerzy Pietrow     Jonkerbos Nijmegen 13    
6 Rear gunner Kpr. strz. Jan M. Tobola                           Amsterdam 14    
7     15    
8     16                    

Shot down by a nightfighter and crashed south of IJmuiden/Velsen-zuid in a dune area named 'Duin & Kruidberg'. The Atlantic Wall was build there and the bodies of the crew were transported to Amsterdam for burial 31 March in grave 21,22,23 and 24.  

 

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Jerzy Pietrow was buried locally or in a field grave near the wreck location. In the 1960's he was reburied in Centralisation War Cemetery Jonkerbos in Nijmegen.



Sources: 

- Magazine ARG 1940-1945
- Polish War Graves.nl




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