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ZYWICKI JJS
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ZYWICKI, Juliusz

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number BK156
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Newark upon Trent Cemetery, Polish Plot
Grave Reference War Graves Plot Section J Grave 320A..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 120
Enlistment information
Service Number P.2535
Service Polish Air Force
Group 93
Squadron 18 OTU
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Poland
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation information
Start Date 23-02-1944
End Date 23-02-1944
Takeoff Station Finningley
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Training- evening navigation flight
Reason for Loss A fire broke out in the starboard engine, which was feathered. Shortly afterwards the port engine became problematic and a decision was made to make a controlled ditching. Crashed onto a slag bank on the shorline at Workington in an effort to get as close to shore as possible, to save lives. All survived but the navigator, who drowned.