Date: 1st January 1945
Unit: No. 308 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial: MJ281
Coded: ZF-P
Location: St Denis Westrem, Belgium
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Waclaw Chojnacki P-2483 P.A.F. Age; 28 Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Bombing sortie at dawn - bombs hung up and returned to St Denis Westrem at 09.27 as an attack by II.JG1 began. Shot down an Fw190 then he was shot down by Fw190's.
Waclaw Chojnacki 5th from the right - front row - hands in pockets.
Grave at Lommel Cemetery (Courtesy Eddy Van Deun via Jos Von Alphen)
Burial Details:
Waclaw Chojnacki Lommel Cemetery Belgium. Grave Nr.1 , 1. D.
Kumonowsk, Russia.
Portrait kindly supplied by Mike Harrison grave photo by Eddy Van Deun via Jos Von Alphen. The Aircrew Remembrance Society would like to thank Robert Gretzyngier, Woitek Matusiak, Wadldemar Wojcik and Josef Zielinski for the use of some of these photographs. We highly recommend their publications regarding WW2 Polish Air Force and are happy to provide other researchers information where they can be purchased. Purchase these research books "HERE"
