Date: 12/13th June 1944
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Lancaster I
Serial: LL807
Coded: BH-N (1)
Location: IJsselmee, Holland
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Jerzy Wladyslaw Rozanski P1818 P.A.F. Age; 26, Killed (Lodz, Poland.)
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Mieczyslaw Gustaw Szeliga 782001 P.A.F. Age; 26, Killed (Poland.)
Nav: F/O. Mieczyslaw Hahn P2408 P.A.F. Age; 25, Killed (Warszawa, Poland.)
W/Op: F/O. Waclaw Bakun P2251 P.A.F. Age; 25, Killed (Grodno, Poland.)
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Albin Pacula 704493 P.A.F. Age; 21, Missing (Poland.)
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Marian Wroblewski 704824 P.A.F. Age; 23, Killed (Poland)
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Rajmund Barzdo 704838 P.A.F. Age; 30, Killed (Tomsk, U.S.S.R.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 23.16 hrs from Faldingworth, Lincolnshire to attack the Nordstein Oil plant at Gelsenkirchen.
Part of a force of 286 Lancaster's and a further 17 Mosquito's - heavy losses received on this raid with 3 being lost to 300 squadron alone. It was thought that LL807 was hit by flak.
Five of the crew are buried in Amersfoort Cemetery, another in Elburg whilst Sgt. Pacula has no known grave.
(1) Bomber command losses have this listed as BH-K, but the code changed to BH-N later.
The crew of LL807 - can anyone identify the individuals shown as far as names are concerned?
LL807 pictured here on an earlier flight
Jerzy Wladyslaw Rozanski Mieczyslaw Hahn Waclaw Bakun
Memorial at Faldingworth Amersfoot Cemetery
Burial Details:
Jerzy Wladyslaw Rozanski Amersfoot Cemetery Grave. Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 202.
Mieczyslaw Gustaw Szeliga Elburg Cemetery Grave. A4.
Mieczyslaw Hahn Amersfoot Cemetery Grave. Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 206.
Waclaw Bakun Amersfoot Cemetery Grave. Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 207.
Albin Pacula Missing - commemorated on the Polish War Memorial in Northolt.
Marian Wroblewski Amersfoot Cemetery Grave. Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 204.
Rajmund Barzdo Amersfoot Cemetery Grave. Plot 13. Row 12. Grave 203.
The Aircrew Remembrance Society would like to thank Robert Gretzyngier, Woitek Matusiak, Waldemar Wojcik and Josef Zielinski for the use of the crew photographs. We highly recommend their publications regarding the WW2 Polish Air Forces. See "here".
With thanks to the following: Bill Chorley - "Bomber Command Losses Vol 3", Theo Boiten - "German Nightfighter War Diaries Vol 2", Martin Middlebrook "Bomber Command War Diaries".
