Stanisław Piątek

Born:

10 February 1916, Olkusz

Death:

15 October 1942, Zevenbergen (Hazeldonk)

Number:

784660

Rank:

Leading aircrafman

Department:

, 300 Polish Bomber Squadron

Cemetery:

Bergen op Zoom (war cemetery)

Section/row/number:

Earlier grave:

Begraafplaats Zuylen, Breda

Wellington Z 1475, code BH-X, had a crew of five when it crashed near Zevenbergen:

Bialy, Lech Józef
Mielnik, Michał
Piątek, Stanisław
Sobolewski, Piotr
Szymen, Czesław

Only four bodies were recovered and initially buried at Zuylen Cemetry in Breda before being moved to Bergen op Zoom. De bodies were buried in graves, Plot 24, Row B, Grave 8 and 9 and Plot 27, Row A, Grave 1 and 2.

All stones read ‘An Airmen of the 1939-1945 war’ and one reads ‘A Sergeant’.