Date: 2nd January 1945
Unit: No. 316 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Mustang III
Serial: KH494
Coded: SZ-I
Location: Holland
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Teofil Szymankiewicz P-0744 P.A.F. Age; 26 Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Engine failure, crash landed on the B-88 airfield (Heesch, Netherlands) during the morning of the 2nd January. Badly burned and died later in hospital. The B-88 airstrip was characterized by the use of P.S.P (Pierced Steel Planks) surfacing due to the severe drainage and consequent mud problems.
Fl/Lt. Teofil Szymankiewicz
Fl/Lt. Teofil Szymankiewicz original grave marker
Burial Details:
Fl/Lt. Teofil Szymankiewicz Eindhoven-Woensel Cemetery. Grave No. 266/KK
Czempion, Poland.
Research by Peter Sikora (April 2009)
