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Most
of
these
photographs
were
taken
at
Brindisi
by
F/Sgt
Jozef
Rutkiewicz
(above)
who
was
later
lost
over
Denmark
in
Lancaster
PA
163,
while
serving
with
300
Sqdn
out
of
Faldingworth.
All
of
them
appear
here
courtesy
of
Barry
J.
Raymond,
military/local
historian
and
author,
as
well
as
a
keen
WWII
aviation
enthusiast.
 
Left: J. Rutkiewicz leaning against a Halifax main wheel, giving a good perspective of its size. Right: The
squadron's
Halifax
approaching
landing.
Ground
crew
in
front
of
B24
Liberator
I,
R
101,
in
which
very
determined
General
Ludomil
A.
Rayski
and
his
crew
flew
a
daring
mission
to
Warsaw
on
September
1st,
1944 (left
to
right):
Jozef
Wcislo,
Jan
Zdobylak,
Tadeusz
Lewandowski,
Joszef
Mierzwinski,
Jozef
Goscinski,
Jan
Musialik and
Marian
Bienia.
Main
Entrance
to
the
base.
Armourers:
(left
to
right)
Jozef
Mierzwinski,
Jan
Musialik,
Jozef
Materna
and
Wincenty
Luczak
March
28,
1944.
Poland's
C-in-C,
General
Kazimierz
Sosnkowski
vist the unit on the Squadron
Day.
Above: Always a part of such a visit was a parade performed by the units airmen. Below left: decorating
memebers
of
the
301
Squadron. Below right: Visiting
with
the
C-in-C
was
PAF's
bishop
Jozef
Gawlina.
 
H.P.
Halifax
IIB,
0254.
Picture
shows
ground
technicians
before
a
night
mission
to
parachute
supplies
in
dropping
zones
over
Poland
on
23rd
August
1944.
In
this
aircraft,
Air
Vice-Marshal
Ludomil
A.
Rayski
VM,
KW,
DSO,
AFC,
and
his
crew
flew
that
night
over
Poland.
The
mission
was
most
successful.
From
left:
Jan
Musialik,
unknown
engine
fitter,
Jozef
Materna,
Jozef
Wcislo,
Edward
Stasiek
and
Jan
Zdobylak.
August
1944.
B24
Liberators
of
the
1586
Flight
being
readied
for
mission
to
Poland.
War
trophy,
Heinkel
111,
taken
care
of
by
Polish
ground
crews
at
the
end
of
1943.
This
aircraft
was
repaired
by
the
Poles
and
several
joy
flights
for
the
ground
crew
were
made
by
the
301
pilots.
From
left:
Edmund
Blachowiak,
Piotr
?,
unknown
fitter,
Marian
Bienia
and
Edward
Dobosz.
Below: group
of
five
photographs
of
Handley
Page Halifax IIA, JN
898
GR-K.
All seem to be taken at the same occasion. No
additional
info
available.
 
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