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Jan Dominik
Walentowicz

Lista Krzystka Updated: 2014-07-18
Official Number
793924
Rank
polski: sierż.pil./307 DMN; 304 DM/
brytyjski: W/O
Date of birth
1920-08-04
Date of death
2011-07-21
Cemetery
mapa
Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery
Wsp. 53.068516, -0.798425

Grave
Sekcja SLP PGTA 42
Photo of grave
Country
Wielka Brytania
Period
The post war period

Source
"Polskie Siły Powietrzne..." T.J. i Anna Krzystek    
Informacja i zdj.: 304squadron.blogspot.com/     
www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/oct/27/jan-walentowicz-obituary?INTCMP=SRCH     
Zdj. grobu M. Mrożek via W. Grudniak    
    
Walentowicz Dominik (tylko to imię występuje w akcie urodzenia) urodził się w m. Dojlidy (obecnie w granicach adm. Białegostoku) w rodzinie Jana i Apolonii Walentowiczów (W. Grudniak).
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Comments
  • 2015-03-06 Neville Bougourd
    He remained in the Royal Air Force and served with distinction during the Malaya Emergency. Having rescued the crew of a downed Auster reconnaissance aircraft under very difficult conditions he was awarded a Mention in Despatches.    
        
    He later served at RAF Khormaksar in Aden during the crisis there then returned to England as the RAF's oldest pilot aged 47 on Search and Rescue helicopters, gaining distinction by rescuing the pilot of an English Electric Lightning jet that crashed into the North Sea. He retired in 1969.
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