Marion Blachowski Updated:
22 MAR 2022 Photo from Greg,
Niebieska eskadra, see
more. Photo: Mogens Jeppesen
Airman: a113038.htm Surname: Blachowski
Init: M Rank: Sgt
Service: PAF Sqdn: 301 P_link: p119.htm
Plane: WEL R1585
Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near
Hoptrup
Crash_d: d111042 Buried_d: b111111
C_link: c113.htm
At_Next: Aabenraa,
R 2-9
Den 11. oktober 1942 styrtede
WEL R1585
ned
ved Hytterkobbel Skov (som er
her) under en minelægningsoperation.
Se
Minelægningsområder *
p119MACR.
De 5 besætningsmedlemmer blev alle kvæstet ved styrtet og indlagt på
Haderslev sygehus.
Her døde Sgt Blachowski den 13. oktober 1942 kl. 00.45.
21 flyvere fra PAF er
begravet i Danmark.
De 4 andre flyvere blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
(Kilde: FAF) 5 flyvere.
On 11 October 1942
WEL R1585 crashed near Hytterkobbel Skov (which is
here) on
a
minelaying operation.
See
Minelaying areas *
p119MACR has more.
All of the 5 crew members were injured in the
crash and admitted to Haderslev Hospital.
On 13 October 1942 at 00.45 hrs. Sgt Blachowski died here from his wounds.
The 4 other airmen were were
taken to
German POW-Camps. (Source: FAF)
"Sgt T.M.Kowalski was interned in Camps
L1 Barth /
L6 Heydekrug
/ 357
Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Sgt K.Molewicz in Camps 9C
Mühlhausen /
357
Thorn-Fallingbostel.
F/O J.Stachurski in Camp
L3 Sagan.
Sgt Z.Turuta in Camps 4B
Mühlberg /
L6 Heydekrug
/ L4 Gross Tychow."
(Lost Bombers)
See
No. 301
Polish Bomber Squadron *
Vickers Wellington - Tangmere *
Vickers Wellington
36 Polish Airmen shot down over Denmark
Wellington IV W1585 QR-O
took off from RAF
Hemswell at 18:37 on 11 OCT 1942.
(Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this + Polish Awards.)
5 airmen.