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Czajkowski, Mieczystaw (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-August-18

Birth Date: 1922 (age 21)

Home: Falun, Alberta

Service
RCAF
Unit
158 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strength In Unity
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/150545
158 Squadron (Strength In Unity). Halifax aircraft JD 260 lost during night operations, an attack against the rocket site at Peenemunde, Germany. One Canadian, Flying Officer W.R. Schmehl, was taken Prisoner of War. Five of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flight Sergeant Mieczystaw Czajkowski was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapFalun, Alberta
Target
Google MapPeenemunde Germany
First Burial
Google MapNew Cemetery At Greifswald, Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 2 Row J Grave 12

Halifax JD260

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