Lance Sergeant (Plutonowy in Polish) Edward Morchonowicz from 8th Company 3rd Battalion of Polish 1st Independent Parachute brigade Group. In a pre war Poland he was since 1935 an NCO in 24th Uh...
Edward Morchonowicz
For a long time, no grave of Sergeant Edward Morchonowicz was known until Mateusz Mroz (who also mapped Trochim’s final resting place) was able to prove that the body in grave 18A1 was tha...
Polish War Graves in the Netherlands
Welcome to the website ‘Poolse oorlogsgraven’. This website shows an overview of (to us) all known graves of Polish liberators who gave their lives during the Second World ...
Teofil Andrzej Małkowski
No remains were found when the Polish graves in Winschoten were exhumed in 1962 to be transfered to Breda. Since then Małkowski has no known grave.
Bolesław Paulski
The text below is thanks to Graham Francis, treasurer of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship.
From Poland to the UKBolesław Paulski was born in Tuszyno, Wilno, which is mod...
Members of the Brigade from the Eastern Borderlands: The Ukrainian Connection
In 1944, the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade (1 SBSpad) landed near Oosterbeek and Driel as part of Operation Market Garden. The brigade’s men came from all over Poland or, to be ...
Oberdak, the Polish victim of Woeste Hoeve, remained forgotten for a long time
His name was unknown for a long time, Czesław Oberdak. After the mass execution at Woeste Hoeve in 1945 he was not identified. As an anonymous victim, he was buried first in Uchelen and then in ...
Czesław Oberdak
The Polish victim of Woeste Hoeve remained forgotten for a long time
His name was unknown for a long time, Czesław Oberdak. After the mass execution at Woeste Hoeve in 1945 he was not identif...
Tadeusz Jankowski
Disaster strikes
The portal de digitale stad Nieuwegein (digital city of Nieuwegein) contains a report of the events surrounding Tadeusz Jankowski’s crash:
On Sept...
Franciszek Kubica
During a training flight over the North Sea in his fighter, Lieutenant Kubica crashes his Mustang FB383 into the plane of Lieutenant Mieczysław Franciszek Beringer, Mustang KH540. Bot...