Polish AF amputees 1942/43
 

Hi guys

Perusing 307 Squadron's website, I noted an unusual crewpairing at the beginning of 1943 - Flg Offs Roman Grzanka (pilot) and Juliusz Baykowski (nav) - both of whom had lost a leg.

Has anyone details of how and when they lost their legs?

Cheers
Brian

Re: Polish AF amputees 1942/43
 

R. Grzanka lost his feet before WW II after accident on SPAD 61. He was a fighter pilot at 1 Aviation Regiment in Warsaw those times.

Re: Polish AF amputees 1942/43
 

JULIUSZ BAYKOWSKI born 12 Sept. 1900
1918 finished Gymnasium in Kiev
1918 joined Polish Army then AF
1930 flying accident
1933-1935 Aviation journalist, worked for ‘’Lot Polski” ("Polish Flight" - aviation magazine)
December 1940 – Lyon, France – Interpreter
July 1940 – PAF Depot Blackpool
November 1941 – Blackpool – Interpreter
March 1942 – No. 307 Polish (Night Fighter) Squadron
August 1943 – Blackpool
September 1943 – No. 303 Polish Squadron – Interpreter
November 1943 – 131 Polish Fighter Wing – Interpreter
December 1944 – 133 Polish Fighter Wing – Interpreter
April 1945 – HQ of Polish Air Force – Administration Duties
April 1946 – Polish Resettlement Corps
Kapitan, F/Lt (A/S/Ldr) P-0634
Died 20 January 1984, London

ROMAN GRZANKA born 10 Feb. 1902 in Ujna Wielka
Graduated from Polish Air Force College (1st promotion)
In 1927 posted to 1st Air Regiment in Warsaw, 14th Flight as an observer
Completed fighter training in 2nd Air Regiment, Cracow
Posted to 113th Fighter Flight
After accident –various duties on the ground in 1st Air Regiment
AF Training Centre at Bydgoszcz (instructor, he flew again)
After Polish Campaign 1939 via Romania went to France (
After arrival in England ferry pilot in 4 FPP, 8 FPP and 10 FPP (August 1940 – June 1941)
10 MU June 1941 – September 1942
54 OTU September 1942 – December 1942
December 1942 – posted to No. 307 Polish (Night Fighter) Squadron
Killed in flying accident on 27 June 1943 when Mosquito II EW-Y DD644 crashed in Penarth near Swansea, buried at Pembery Cemetery
Kapitan, F/Lt P-0191