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Rzepa, Stanislaw Wincenty

Date of birth:
November 11th, 1905 (Borszczów, Poland)
Date of death:
July 24th, 1941 (Opperdoes/North Holland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Bergen
Plot: I. Row: E. Grave: 16.
Service number:
0764
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Major
Polish Air Force, 304 Sqdn.

On 24-7-1941 at 23:05 the Vickers Wellington took off in Yorkshire to take part in an attack on Emden.
At 2:23 am the Wellington was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Opperdoes.
Rzepa's body was immediately recovered.
The others were only recovered from the wreck after the war and buried in Rotterdam.

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