EDWARD JONSKI

He is known to have been in service  on 5^th January 1942.  He was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari Silver Cross, 5^th class.  On 31^st May 1942 he was on board Wellington DV781 which lost both engines and was forced to ditch in the sea; the whole crewmade it to the dinghy and after an air/sea rescue search, were picked up six hours later by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Boadicea and landed in Greenock, Scotland the next day.  On 10^th August 1942 General Sikorski awarded him the Badge of Honour for Wounds in Battle.  He transferred to 138 Squadron, flying covert missions for the SOE and was killed, aged 27, on 13^th July 1943 on Operation Roach 94 when his Halifax JD155 crashed near the Chateau d’Lillebec, St Paul-sur-Risle, France.  He is buried in Grainville-Langannerie Polish Cemetery, having been moved there from the cemetery at Pont Audemer after the war.