210920 WO. Zygmunt Wolczek Polish Air Force 300 squadron from:Stanislawow, Poland My father, Zygmunt Wolczek was born in Poland on October 29th 1915 and died on 6th August 2009 at the grand old age of 93. Like most servicemen and women who survived the war, he never said much about his time in the RAF apart from one particular story that I will always remember. After coming to England in 1940 he joined 300 Squadron as a bombaimer. Because of the shortage of pilots he trained as a pilot flying Wellingtons. Between 1943 and 1944 he carried out 29 operational flights with 300 squadron. On one particular mission coming back from a raid at daybreak his aircraft had been followed by a German ME110. Tired, but ready for action my dad and his crew prepared themselves only to find the German flying along side the Wellington waving his wings and waving. My Dad acknowledged in the same way and both aircraft departed safely for home.
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