The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1946

Surnames Commencing with Z

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Name ZIMEK, Jan (Janus) Jósef
Number 780963
Rank Sergeant Pilot
Nationality Polish
Born Southern Poland, 20 November 1918
Arrived 26 October 1942
Departed 31 October 1942
Notes Force-landed in Oulart, Ireland, after becoming lost & running out of fuel, Oct 1942; interned in Ireland but released after being seriously injured in an incident with a German internee, Jul 1943; died Workington, Cumbria, 4 December 1986