Polish Aircrew in the UK (Tulinski)

Hi, my grandfather was a plane mechanic for 307 squadron. His name was Rudolf Kempny. I find it hard to find any info. If anyone has heard the name before please let me know!

Francis "Gabby" Gabreski can easily be googled.

Hi my name is charlie ptaszynski
I believe that my grandfather was the ptaszynski mentioned here. if you have anymore infomation i would be most grateful as i am so interested in his past and disappointed that my father lost all his papers

cheers
Charlie Ptz

My father and three brothers served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II. His cousin Przemyslaw "Fred" Sadowski (1912-?) served in the Polish Army Air Force and flew with the RAF 317th Squadron. He emigrated to Buenos Aires after the war.

Some partial records are available from Central Military Archives (CAW). They found an entry for his date of rank, position & unit in the Polish Air Force. RAF Personnel at Middlesex, England can make copies of entries from the files.

Hi

I know this is short notice, but there is a screening about Polish RAF pilots on at the Imperial War Museum on Sunday 21st March 2010 at 2pm and there will be veterans there, but from 303. Come along. Its free too.

Best wishes

Hamsa

Operation Nest Egg (307 Squadron )

Squadron was detailed by Fighter Command to put up six Mosquitoes to recon the islands and attack the Germans if fired at. Also to provide protection for the navy. Three aircraft each from A and B Fights were led by W/Cdr Andrzejewski flying with W/O Kaliszewski in EW*R NT547/G. The crews saw white surrender flags covering everything and no action was necessary.

Pacholczyk F/O (hand signature)

Hello Karl Tulinski
I chanced upon this site today. My father, Kazimierz Jaworski, was a Mosquito pilot in 307 Sqn, killed in action Sept 1944 and my mother has researched extensively on the Polish Squadrons. I will ask her and post again in a week or so.

RyszardJ

Can you ask about Fl Lt Tarkowski 307sq as well pease ? Do you have any pics of that time ? matt

RyszardJ

Kazimierz Jaworski - did you ever get any further in your investigations into 307 sq ?

Hi Karl! 27 January2011

I am Anna and I live in Poland in Kielce.I write because we are family.My grandmother Jadwiga/my mother"s mother/was your grandfather"s Ryszard Tuliński elder sister.She visted him and his family/Northampton?/ in 1957 or 1958/.I do not remember besause I was very young/eight or nine/.Uncle Ryszard was in Poland in the second half of the sixtes of last century.I have two photos with this visit.

In Kielce there are tombs of our great grandmother Aniela+1936 and great grandfatherPiotr+1950/Ryszard"s parents/.They had six children:Jadwiga/my grandmother/,Helena,Zofia,Alina,Stanisław and Ryszard/he was the youngest/.Great grandfather was e teacher/probably/. greetings! and have nice this evening.ANIA

Hi Anna,
Im really pleased to have heard from you. I was not sure if we had any relations still in Poland. I remember meeting 2 relatives from Poland when I was younger but cannot recall there names.

Unfortunatley, my grandfather passed away in 2003. I would be very interested in speaking further as I know very little of my grandfathers life in Poland and maybe I can tell you about his life here and the relatives that you have as well.

My email is karl.tulinski@hotmail.co.uk

Hi, I am looking into trying to find information on my grandfather, Stanislaw Gintner. He was with the 315th. I don't really know much about him, even where abouts in Poland he was from, he had a sister there but I am not sure if I even have any relations out there. He ended up staying in England, married my grandmother, who was also in the RAF. I have written to RAF Northolt that holds all the Polish crews, they said they hold infomation about him but won't release it as I am not next of kin. He passed away in 1998.

Im just wondering if anyone out there heard of him or if he is mentioned, listed anywhere.

Jim Gintner.

Ryszard Tuliński was my grandma's brother. Her name was: Zofia Wojda (domo: Tulińska), she died in 1990.

You can contact me on: hannabksk@gmail

Hanna

Hi Karlt,

My late mum was in the WAAFs during WW11. She had friendships with some young Polish pilot;Wladech Piotrowski DFC, whom was a Mosquito pilot. Bloleslav Peshkowski KIA over Holland in 1942 hit by flak whilst piloting a Wellington bomber. Lech Karvowski KAS... a nav in a Beaufighter which tragically crash landed at Exeter after coming back from a raid in France. Incidently, there is an excellent Polish site on the web called Polish Airforce Remembered (I think?) .It mentions all the polish squadrons and personnel, a great read! Hope this is of some help?

Hello Anna,
my name is Katarzyna Tulinska, my grandfather Jan Tulinski, was also your grandmothers brother. he was born in 1906 and died in 1952. Please email me at kasiatulinka@gmail I would love to find out more about his family.

TULKIŃSKI: root-word tulić (to hug, embrace); most likely originated as a toponymic nikcname for someone from Tulin or Tulincy in Ukraine or Tulino in the Pskov area of Russia. Both were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, erased from the map by the partitioning powers in the late 18th century.

Hello Anna and Hanna, I am sorry I made a spelling mistake in my email it should be kasiatulinska@gmail

Dear KarlT,
my father was Sqd.Ldr in the 307 and had several navigators, mainly Henryk Luczak. I will look in my dad's flying log books and see if I come across your grandfathers name.

Meanwhile if you wish to contact me directly I am in North Devon, 40 miles from Exeter, 01769 540471.

KarlT,
just found your Grandfather in my dad's log book. He was a Warrant Officer then, flew in the Mosquito on the 2nd October 1944, a fourty minute flight

air to ground firing. Flying out of Church Fenton airdrome.

My father - Michal Drzazga - was Sqd.Ldr and was in charge of the flight (6 Mosquito's) that flew over the Island of Guernsey on the 9th of May 1945,

this was Operation Nestegg. They were all ******, as VE Day was on the 8th May. At my father's funeral we met with the one and only sober navigator

(cannot remember his name), and nobody can understand how they all got back in one piece. Medals were given out 50 years after the event, and since

my father was dead, my brother and mother attended the ceremony.

Marek Drzazga

Hello folks,

This seems like a good place to ask. I'm looking for more information about my grandfather, Jerzy Orłoś. I know that he was a navigator in 307 Sqn, likely served with them in the Isle of Man (my mother was born there) and Squires Gate (my grandmother had a house there), and survived the war well into old age, dying only about 15 years ago. Militarily though, information is pretty thin on the ground. If anyone recognises the name, please let me know.

Marek Platt

Hi! I am Henryk Szczesny's great granddaughter and if anyone has any information about hum please let me know.

@JimGintner
Stanisław Grintner is buried at St Remigius, Roydon, Norfolk. I took a photo of the grave stone a couple of weeks ago