Wellington X HE768 - The North Sea                                                  Updated:  19 MAY 2015

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777093.htm Blazejewski H L Sgt PAF 300 p207.htm WEL HE768 Minelaying The North Sea d150843 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a050035.htm Martyniec J K Sgt PAF 300 p207.htm WEL HE768 Minelaying The North Sea d150843 b280943 c050.htm Lemvig
o888150.htm Poddany C F/Sgt PAF 300 p207.htm WEL HE768 Minelaying The North Sea d150843 o888 o888.htm POW
o888149.htm Rech M F/Sgt PAF 300 p207.htm WEL HE768 Minelaying The North Sea d150843 o888 o888.htm POW
e777092.htm Roubo J F/O PAF 300 p207.htm WEL HE768 Minelaying The North Sea d150843 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


WEL HE768 var på en mineudlægningsoperation den 15. august 1943, da det blev skudt ned af en tysk natjager omkring her ud for Borkum.

Flight Sergeant (Pilot) M. Rech og Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) C. Poddany overlevede og kom i flyets gummibåd.
De blev efter 8 dage reddet af et tysk flådefartøj og blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Rech blev sendt til Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d. Elbe og senere til Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug og Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.
Poddany blev sendt til en anden lejr i første omgang. Senere kom han sammen med Rech i Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug og Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.

Flying Officer (Observer) J. Roubo og Sergeant (Air Gunner) H.L. Blazejewski har ingen kendt grav.
De mindes på Polish Air Force Memorial at Northolt. Se også Polish War Graves.
Se 21 polske flyvere begravet i Danmark ud af 36 polske flyvere skudt ned over Danmark. 5 flyvere.

Sergeant (Air Gunner) J.K. Martyniec blev fundet 23. september 1943 ud for Vedersø omkring her, hvor han var drevet ind.
Han blev begravet i Lemvig den 28. september, 1943. (Kilde: FAF) Se kranse, november 2008. 5 flyvere.

WEL HE768 was on a minelaying operation on 15 August, 1943, when it was shot down by a German night fighter about here off Borkum.

Flight Sergeant (Pilot) M. Rech and Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) C. Poddany survived and got into the dinghy.
They were rescued after 8 days by a vessel of the German Kriegsmarine and were taken to German POW-Camps.

Rech was sent to Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d. Elbe and later to Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug and Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.
Poddany was first sent to another camp. Later he joined Rech at Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug and Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.

Flying Officer (Observer) J. Roubo and Sergeant (Air Gunner) H.L. Blazejewski have no known grave.
They are commemorated on the Polish Air Force Memorial at Northolt. See also the Polish War Graves.

Sergeant (Air Gunner) J.K. Martyniec was found on 23 September 1943 off Vedersø about here, where he had drifted ashore.
He was buried in Lemvig on 28 September, 1943. (Source: FAF) See wreaths, November 2008.

See Bomber Command No. 300 (Polish) Squadron * The Poles on the Front Lines * No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron
Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain. This Wellington took off from the airfield at Ingham. See RAF-Lincolnshire about RAF Ingham.
5 airmen. See 21 Polish airmen buried in Denmark out of 36 Polish airmen shot down over Denmark.