Unknown Soldier
Record #17ca55e2
No photo availableLocation Found
St Edmund's Churchyard, Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Estimated Period
1943
Submitted By
Admin
Date Submitted
20 April 2026
Description
A Polish airman killed when his training aircraft crashed near RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, in 1943. Records from the Polish Air Force in exile are incomplete for this period. The grave in the local churchyard is marked only with a Polish eagle emblem and the date of death. The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum may hold additional records.
In Russian
Польский лётчик, погибший при крушении учебного самолёта вблизи базы ВВС Хемсвелл, Линкольншир, в 1943 году. Записи ВВС Польши в изгнании за этот период неполные. Могила на местном кладбище отмечена только польским орлом и датой смерти.
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