On 20th August 1942, Wellington Mk 1c serial no Z1172 crashed into the sea in Trearaddur Bay, Anglesey near the South Stack lighthouse. The entire crew were killed and the cause of the accident remains unknown. Three bodies were found the same day and two more were picked up separately about two weeks later - all near Anglesey.
The sixth body, that of Sgt Grzegorz Piotr Gramiak washed ashore in Blackpool almost nine weeks later. Will anybody who has information on this event please contact me on nevillebougourd@gmail.com or on this site but please leave a return email address.
I would love a photograph of Sgt Gramiak (I have all the other crew), the aircraft or the incident. Sgt Gramiak was a Polish American who came to Britain specifically to fight with the Polish Air Force in exile.
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