Off. Cdt. pilot
Józef Janik (1914–1942) — corporal pilot of the Polish Army. He belonged to the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In the Polish Air Force in Great Britain he held the rank of Sergeant. He served in No. 304 Bomber Squadron “Silesia”. He was killed on 11 April 1942 during a raid on Essen — he was shot down by a night fighter after being illuminated by searchlights and crashed in the Kessel area near Goch, Germany. He was buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve, Germany.
