Rank: Pilot Sergeant
Service Number: 783220
Unit: R.A.F. Poland
Squadron: 303 Polish Squadron
Born: Belzec, Gmina Belzec, Tomaszowski District, Lubelskie Voivodeship
Zygarlicki, Leon born 1919 in Belzec - died 17 June 1944, in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, France. Polish pilot, Sergeant of the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Inhabitant of Belzec, Lublin province.
He died at the controls of Spitfire VB RF-Z (BM407) over a foothold in France, the village Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, south of Caen. At the time of the Allied invasion of Normandy - Day 'D' plus 11 days, June 17, 1944 while on patrol, attacked a column of German military vehicles. Shot down, was killed on the spot. Buried in the British War Cemetery in Bayeux, France.
Service Number: 783220
Unit: R.A.F. Poland
Squadron: 303 Polish Squadron
Born: Belzec, Gmina Belzec, Tomaszowski District, Lubelskie Voivodeship
Zygarlicki, Leon born 1919 in Belzec - died 17 June 1944, in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, France. Polish pilot, Sergeant of the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Inhabitant of Belzec, Lublin province.
He died at the controls of Spitfire VB RF-Z (BM407) over a foothold in France, the village Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, south of Caen. At the time of the Allied invasion of Normandy - Day 'D' plus 11 days, June 17, 1944 while on patrol, attacked a column of German military vehicles. Shot down, was killed on the spot. Buried in the British War Cemetery in Bayeux, France.
Rank: Pilot Sergeant
Service Number: 783220
Unit: R.A.F. Poland
Squadron: 303 Polish Squadron
Born: Belzec, Gmina Belzec, Tomaszowski District, Lubelskie Voivodeship
Zygarlicki, Leon born 1919 in Belzec - died 17 June 1944, in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, France. Polish pilot, Sergeant of the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Inhabitant of Belzec, Lublin province.
He died at the controls of Spitfire VB RF-Z (BM407) over a foothold in France, the village Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, south of Caen. At the time of the Allied invasion of Normandy - Day 'D' plus 11 days, June 17, 1944 while on patrol, attacked a column of German military vehicles. Shot down, was killed on the spot. Buried in the British War Cemetery in Bayeux, France.
Service Number: 783220
Unit: R.A.F. Poland
Squadron: 303 Polish Squadron
Born: Belzec, Gmina Belzec, Tomaszowski District, Lubelskie Voivodeship
Zygarlicki, Leon born 1919 in Belzec - died 17 June 1944, in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, France. Polish pilot, Sergeant of the 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Inhabitant of Belzec, Lublin province.
He died at the controls of Spitfire VB RF-Z (BM407) over a foothold in France, the village Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, south of Caen. At the time of the Allied invasion of Normandy - Day 'D' plus 11 days, June 17, 1944 while on patrol, attacked a column of German military vehicles. Shot down, was killed on the spot. Buried in the British War Cemetery in Bayeux, France.
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