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Czesław Szymen

Czesław Szymen
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Born:
03 August 1920, Pohulanka p. Święciany
Death:
15 October 1942, Zevenbergen (Hazeldonk)
Number:
784051
Rank:
Leading aircrafman
Department:
, 300 Polish Bomber Squadron
Czesław Szymen
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’.