The memorial contains parts from aircraft lost in action that flew from Faldingworth.
Below is a list of crew names relating to each aircraft.
RAF 300 POLISH SQUADRON
Lancaster DV 286 BH-C Lost in Holland 13 June 1944
F/S F.Rembecki PAF KIA Sgt F.S.Bladowski PAF KIA
P/O I.J.Feil PAF KIA
F/S J.Bokros PAF KIA Sgt S.Miszturak PAf KIA Sgt W.B.Leppert PAF KIA
P/O B.F.Morski survived but captured pow
Lancaster EE124 BH-M 24 June 1944 Crashed Lissington near Market Rasen.
F/S Z.Badowski PAF KIA Sgt T.Popowicz PAF KIA
F/O A.J.Groblicki PAF KIA
F/S J.Staniewski PAF KIA F/S E.Kosnik PAF KIA
W/O A.Madejowski PAF KIA F/S W.Stec PAF KIA "
Lancaster PB252 BH-M 26 JULY 1944 Crashed near Orleans France
F/S J.Danieluk PAF KIA Sgt J.Kabulski PAF KIA F/O K.Galat PAF KIA F/S A.Pagiello PAF KIA Sgt H.t.Czyzyk PAF KIA
F/S F.Witrylak PAF SURVIVOR W/O K.Wziatek PAF SURVIVOR
BOTH SURVIVORS EVADED CAPTURE RETURNED TO ENGLAND
Lancaster DV278 BH-A 14th August 1944 crashed Pont d'Ouilly (Calvados) France.
F/L L.Rebinski PAF KIA PILOT Sgt S.Bujnowski PAF KIA F/S Z.Migaszewski PAF KIA F/L H.Trawinski PAF KIA Sgt F.Wojtulewicz PAF KIA P/O S.Czabanski PAF KIA Sgt S.Grabowski PAF KIA
Lancaster PA163 BH-M 29th AUGUST 1944 crashed Lovens Bredning Denmark
PILOT F/L W.P.Wasik PAF SURVIVED evaded capture
Sgt W.Cent PAF KIA F/O M.w.Pretkiewicz PAF KIA
F/S J.J.Rutkiewicz PAF KIA F/S J.Stolowski PAF KIA
F/S J.Madracki PAF KIA F/S Z.Kardasiewicz PAF KIA
Lancaster PB823 BH-T 2nd/3rd January 1945 shot down N of Ville-au-Montois eastern France
S/L B.B.Janas PAF KIA PILOT Sgt M.Wrus PAF KIA Sgt W.Omiotek PAF KIA W/O J.Banys PAF KIA Sgt S.Zielinski KIA F/S W.M.Heine PAF KIA Sgt R.Drozdowicz PAF KIA
Lancaster NG266 BH-L 23rd February 1945 crashed between Eutingen and Niefern Germany
F/L A.Filipek PAF KIA Sgt J.Mrozek PAF KIA P/O F.Magierowski PAF KIA P/O M.L.Ziegenhirte PAF KIA F/S C.Kowalski PAF KIA Sgt S.Trzepiota PAF KIA Sgt W.Sadowinski PAF KIA
LANCASTER PA185 BH-W 13th February 1945 CRASHED APLEY LINCS
W/O M.Mykietyn PAF KIA Sgt A.Jameliniec PAF KIA
W/O J.Placzek PAF KIA F/S M.F.Ogorzal PAF KIA
Sgt A.Kaczmarz PAF KIA F/S B.Nizinski PAF KIA
Sgt L.S Goldowski PAF KIA "
LANCASTER LL857 BH-B 22nd May 1944 CRASHED FALDINGWORTH AIRFIELD
F/S J.Nalepa PAF Inj F/S K.Nieruchalski PAF (P2) Inj
Sgt C.Rybinski PAF KIA Sgt J.R.Bychowski PAF KIA
F/S W.Mroczkowski PAF Inj Sgt A.Leszkowicz PAF KIA
F/S M.Golec PAF Inj F/S M.Nowak PAF Inj "
Lancaster NG269 BH-K 8 January 1946 crashed Normanby le Wold
Flt.Sgt. Wladyslaw Robaszewski Pilot r.i.p. F.O. Witold Brodzikowski Navigator r.i.p. W.O. Roman Rozga B.A. r.i.p Flt.Sgt. Wladyslaw Kordys A.Gun. r.i.p. Flt.Sgt Lucjan Binek Survived Flt.Sgt. Edward Grzegorzewski Survived Sgt. Wladyslaw Sawicki Survived RAF HCU 1667 Halifax DG 358 coded 'J' 23rd January 1944 CRASHED Bryn-y-Groes Wales
Pilot Paul Bennett Bomb aimer Norman Fisher
Engineer John Gibb Navigator John Spriggs
Air gunner Albert Clark Engineer Ellis Gawler Engineer David Ramsey Air gunner William Wyatt
Wireless op. William Wareham
NO SURVIVORS
Halifax EB185 CRASHED NEAR FALDINGWORTH AIRFIELD
Sgt R T Stoneman Sgt H Poole F/S H M Tait RCAF Sgt J Pennington
F/S K F Wightman RAAF Sgt L R Cox F/O A R Cameron RCAF
all K.I.A
THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE, AIRCRAFT AND CREWS ARE COMMEMORATED ON PLAQUES PLACED BEHIND MEMORIAL
Lancaster ED327 BH-R 30th AUGUST 1944 LOST IN BALTIC.
No part in memorial but plague and tree planted in memory. Commenwealth crew
P/O H.Lupton KIA PILOT Sgt J.B.Hamilton KIA F/S K.J.Jewell KIA Sgt D.J.K.Baron KIA
W/O F.W.White RAAF KIA F/S I.C.Vaughan KIA
Sgt S.S.Barnett KIA "
PLAQUE AND TREE PLACED BY SISTER OF P/O H LUPTON
LANCASTER LM172 BH-Q 25/26th AUGUST 1944 F.T.R RUSSELHEIM PLAQUE PLACED IN GRAVEL BEHIND MEMORIAL
F/O R N HANSELL D.F.C Sgt J LETTS Sgt R J HAYDEN
Sgt W H SLATER
Sgt A N TAYLOR Sgt H O LOWBRIDGE D.F.M Sgt P PETERS R.C.A.F
ALL K.I.A AND BURIED IN RHIENBURG WAR CEMETERY
PLAQUE PLACED BY FAMILY OF Sgt W H SLATER
PLAQUE AND TREE PLACED IN MEMORY OF
Flight Sergeant HENRYK DROZDZ 1920-2008
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE CREW OF "R" FOR ROGER
KOZICKI, DROZDZ, ZEIGENHIRTE, KOSSOWSKI,
UCHMAN, ZBARAWSKI AND JANUK
AND ALL THEIR BRAVE COMPATRIOTS
PLAQUE AND TREE PLACED BY THE FAMILY OF HENRYK DROZDZ
At the Going Down of the Sun, and in the Morning, We will Remember Them
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