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WILMANSKI L
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WILMANSKI, Leon

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number V9976
Markings NF-
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference 9. H. 20-24 (Coll.).
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 266
Enlistment information
Service Number P.781191
Service Polish Air Force
Group 38
Squadron 138 (Special Duties)
Trade WOp
Country of origin if different Poland
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-04-1942
End Date 21-04-1942
Takeoff Station Tempsford
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Special Operations Executive
Reason for Loss Crashed while flying in dense fog into a hillside at Kreuth in Bavaria during 'Operation Whiskey', a top secret operation involving both the SOE and the Soviet Secret Service The aircraft was carrying two Austrian agents who were killed and, possibly, a third who escaped