Crash Site Wellington Mk XI HZ251 Bomber

This memorial commemorates the 7 killed Polish crew members of a Wellington bomber Mk XI (serial number: HZ251) that crashed here on 23 September 1943. Their names, ranks and current grave locations are:

Nav - F/Lt Jozef Wolnik PAF (P1145), aged 31, buried on Leyton Road Cemetery, Blackpool (Grave BB493).

Pilot - Kpl Franciszek Ciaston PAF (792374), aged 27, buried on Fulford Cemetery, York.

Pilot - Sierz Wladyslaw Ostrowski PAF (P792053), aged 27, buried on Fulford Cemetery, York.

WOp / AG - Kpl Boleslaw J Swieca PAF (P703105), aged 28, buried on Fulford Cemetery, York.

WOp / AG - Kpl Boleslaw Rychel PAF (P784756), aged 21, buried on Fulford Cemetery, York.

AG - Kpl Jan Czyzewski PAF (780669), aged 23, buried on Fulford Cemetery, York.

WOp / AG - Sierz Abram Kawenocki PAF (P794155), aged 22, buried in Liverpool.

A second memorial nearby commemorates the same incident.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Ian S