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Andrew Charles Mynarski |
 Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski VC. Name : Andrew Charles Mynarski Born : 14th October 1916 Died : 13th June 1944 Service Number : J/87544 Awards : Victoria Cross |
On 13th June 1944, he was the mid-upper gunner on Lancaster KN726 VR-A on No.419 Sqn RCAF when it was attacked and shot down by a Ju88 night fighter over Cambrai. As five of the crew baled out of the burning aircraft, Mynarski tried to help the remaining crew member, tail gunner Pat Brophy, who was trapped in his turret. Despite his best efforts, he could not free Brophy, and with his own parachute now badly burned by the flames, he too leaped from the doomed aircraft. It was the damage to the parachute which caused him to be fatally injured when he hit the ground. Ironically, Brophy was forced to stay with the aircraft through the subsequent crash and the explosion of its ordnance, and yet survived, his turret being blown clear. Mynarski was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. He is buried in Meharicourt Communal Cemetery |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Pilot Officer | unknown | 13th June 1944 | Killed in Action | ||||
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 Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski VC. |
Art de Breyne
Pat Brophy
Jack Friday
Roy Vigars
Robert Bodie
James Kelly
Andrew Charles Mynarski
13-06-1944 - Shot down by Ju88 over Cambrai. Andrew Mynarski VC died of injuries sustained after baling out with fire-damaged parachute. Pat Brophy survived the crash and evaded capture. Art de Breyne, Robert Bodie and James Kelly all baled out and evaded capture. Jack Friday was knocked unconscious and was baled out by Roy Vigars, who was captured alongside the injured Friday.
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| Squadrons for : Andrew Charles Mynarski | ||
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| Squadron | Info | |
No.419 Sqn RCAF Country : Canada Founded : 15th December 1941 Fate : Disbanded 5th September 1945 Moose Moosa aswayita - Beware of the moose | No.419 Sqn RCAF No. 419 Squadron was formed at Mildenhall, Suffolk, on 15th December 1941, as the third RCAF bomber squadron overseas. The first CO was Wing Commander John "Moose" Fulton, DSO, DFC, AFC, a native of Kam1oops, British Columbia, and it was from him that the unit gained its nickname. Originally in No. 3 Group of Bomber Command, the squadron joined No. 6 (RCAF) Group upon the latter's formation on 1st January 1943. From Mildenha1l it moved to Leeming, Topcliffe and Croft for short periods before settling down, in November 1942, at Middleton St George, where it remained based until the end of the European war. Beginning operations with Wellington medium bombers, No. 419 later converted to Halifax heavy bombers and then to Lancaster Xs. Over a span of roughly three-and-a-quarter years it logged 400 operational missions (342 bombing missions, 53 mining excursions, 3 leaflet raids and 1 "spoof") involving 4,325 sorties. One hundred and twenty nine aircraft were lost on these operations. W/C J. Fulton 21 December 1941 - 28 July 1942 (KIA) W/C A. P. Walsh 5 August 1942 - 2 September 1942 (KIA) W/C M. M. Fleming 8 September 1942 - 8 October 1943 W/C G. A. McMurdy 11 October 1943 - 22 October 1943 (KIA) W/C W. P. Pleasance 25 October 1943 - 21 August 1944 W/C D. C. Hagerman 22 August 1944 - 25 January 1945 W/C M. E. Ferguson 26 January 1945 - 6 August 1945 W/C R. F. Dyer 7 August 1945 - 5 September 1945 | |
First created : 12:22, February 6, 2013
Created by : kc
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