Date: 23rd June 1944
Unit: No. 303 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Spitfire VB
Serial: AB271
Coded: RF-F
Location: Carantan, North Western France.
Pilot: W/O. Aleksander Chudek V.M. D.F.M. 783023 P.A.F. Age; 30 Killed (Stoczek, Poland)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed to have been shot down by enemy flak at around 07.00 hrs in the Carantan area. Missing. W/O. Aleksander Chudek was a fighter "Ace" with 10 kils to his credit. We hope to have further information on this loss shortly.
A french researcher Laurent Taveau has recently identified the crash site of W/O. Aleks Chudek and we are assisting him to try and locate the pilot's relatives. A newspaper has published our story in the hope that someone knows of any living relatives. Some have been found but are reluctant to be interviewed at the moment. However we have provided these relatives with all the information that we have and the tremendous work carried out by Laurent and the community in Normandy regarding the fine memorial they have erected in honour of W/O. Aleks Chudek.
W/O. Aleksander Chudek V.M. D.F.M. taken whilst with 315 Squadron (Original photo supplied by Peter Sikora - Photo digitally enhanced for the relatives by Techie Services, Norwich, England)
Burial Details:
None - still classed as missing (see above and also our news page for updated information). Commemorated on the Polish War Memorial, Northolt, England and also the fantastic memorial in Warsaw, Poland.(shown above)
Research by Kelvin T. Youngs / David King / Peter Sikora / Mike Harrison.
Further (Polish) media coverage here:
Newspaper 1
Newspaper 2
