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Rudek, Jan

Date of birth:
March 6th, 1913 (Gutawy, Poland)
Date of death:
April 9th, 1943 (North Sea, IJmuiden, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Bergen
Plot: II. Row: E. Grave: 5.
Service number:
2021
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Porucznik (Lieutenant)
Polish Air Force, 300 Sqdn.

On 8-4-1943 at 9.40 pm the Vickers Wellington took off in Lincolnshire to take part in an attack on Duisburg.
At 11:07 p.m., the Wellington was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire and crashed into the North Sea. All crew members died.
Rudek washed ashore at Castricum aan Zee on April 10, 1943.

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