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SOLECKI, Mieczyslaw

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number BK471
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Newark upon Trent Cemetery, Polish Plot
Grave Reference .
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 100
Enlistment information
Service Number P.793230
Service Polish Air Force
Group 93
Squadron 18 OTU
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Poland
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-10-1943
End Date 21-10-1943
Takeoff Station Bircotes
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Training
Reason for Loss Shortly after takeoff the pilot radioed to state that they were returning due to engine difficulties. Forty minutes after takeoff the aircraft crashed in trees two miles north of the airfield and burst into flames. Accident investigators found a sheared split pin which was attributed as the cause of the accident.