Comments on: Restored Wellington Bomber moved into RAF Museum Display Hall https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/restored-wellington-bomber-moved-into-raf-museum-display-hall/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 10 May 2025 10:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/restored-wellington-bomber-moved-into-raf-museum-display-hall/#comment-36697 Sat, 10 May 2025 10:04:21 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8907#comment-36697 In reply to SYLWESTER ANDRZEJ MACIEJ.

How interesting, Sylwester. You must be very proud of him. 🙂

]]> By: SYLWESTER ANDRZEJ MACIEJ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/restored-wellington-bomber-moved-into-raf-museum-display-hall/#comment-36683 Fri, 09 May 2025 23:35:24 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8907#comment-36683 My dad was a Polish pilot , Ludwik Maciej, (service number 792369) and flew 13 sorties on a Wellington bomber Mk 1c and on the 12 june 1941 he ditched in the North Sea , picked up by German Air Sea rescue.
You may read the history in English by entering on Google as LUDWIK MACIEJ and read on wikipedia.
Polish Squadron 300 was the first Polish squadron formed at Bramcote and stationed at Swinderby.
Sylwester Maciej, his son.

]]> By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/restored-wellington-bomber-moved-into-raf-museum-display-hall/#comment-27049 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:57:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8907#comment-27049 In reply to Susan Thorpe.

Hi Susan, I imagine he was pretty happy to be taken off combat/flying duty?

]]> By: Susan Thorpe https://mechtraveller.com/2023/04/restored-wellington-bomber-moved-into-raf-museum-display-hall/#comment-27047 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:23:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8907#comment-27047 My dad was a navigator on Wellington bombers. His aircraft crashed into the Irish sea on his way back from his mission. Because of damage to his eardrum he couldn’t fly so became an instructor.😍

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