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Niemczyk, Maksymilian

Date of birth:
September 23rd, 1919 (Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Date of death:
June 25th, 1942 (Andijk, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Bergen
Plot: I. Row: C. Grave: 15.
Service number:
P/1611
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Podporucznik (Second Lieutenant)

On 25-6-1942 at 10.50 pm the Vickers Wellington T2612 "H" of 18 Operational Training Unit took off from Bramcote in Warwickshire to take part in an attack on Bremen.
At 2:37 am the plane was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Andijk.
The entire Polish crew died.

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