STANISLAW ANDRZEJ JOZEF BOCZKOWSKI

He was a pilot, born on 14^th March 1919 and survived the accidental crash of R1268 on 14^th December 1940 at West Edmondsley, Co Durham although he suffered quite extensive injuries when this Wellington Mk1c ploughed into trees on a hillside after successfully avoiding a farmhouse.  At some point, he transferred to 300 Squadron and was serving at RAF Hemswell in 1941/42 as part of the crew of the “Assam Bomber I” BH-T (?), a Wellington that was bought by subscription by the people of Assam in North East India.  He is also known to have been in the crew of BH-W.  He is recorded in 300 Squadron ORB as being posted to 18 OTU on 27^th March 1942, possibly on completion of his tour of duty or on temporary assignment. He was a recipient of the Order of Virtuti Militari on 7th September 1942 and is known to have survived the war and emigrated to Canada, probably in 1948.