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- H Polák -

Name

Hanuš Polák; from Czechoslovakia

Service details

Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) 1280951 Hanus Polak, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

CWGC record ...

His name is recorded on the Bembridge School War Memorial

Date of Death :	29th August 1943
Where buried or commemorated :	Brookwood Military Cemetery Suffolk
Aircraft :	Liberator Mk V BZ775 311 (Czech) Sqn.
Crew :
	Flg. Off. Bruno Babš	CWGC record ...
	Flg. Off. Miroslav Čtvrtlík	CWGC record ...
	Sgt Stanislav Jelínek	CWGC record ...
	Sgt Jiří Rubin	CWGC record ...
	Flg. Off. Adolf Musálek	CWGC record ...
	Sgt Eduard Blahácek	CWGC record ...
	Sgt Václav Blahna	CWGC record ...
	Sgt Hanuš Polák	CWGC record ...

311 (Czech) Squadron were stationed at RAF Beaulieu in August 1943, operating anti-submarine patrols. All the crew were killed on take off from RAF Beaulieu for Operations over the Bay of Biscay.

Hanuš Polák had been a pupil at Bembridge School.

Information provided by John Bloodworth