Snr. Pvt. pilot
Jan Korepta (1916–1942). Senior private pilot of the Polish Army, Sergeant of the Royal Air Force, airman of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain.
In 1937 he joined the 23rd Auxiliary Squadron of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, which during the September Campaign of 1939 performed reconnaissance and observation duties. The squadron carried out reconnaissance missions over the Gródek Jagielloński area and the Janów Forests, among others. After the defeat of Poland he made his way through Romania and France to Great Britain, where he underwent RAF training. He was then assigned to No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron of the Polish Air Force. He was killed on 28 August 1942 during a raid on Saarbrücken. His aircraft was shot down by a night fighter over Belgium; the machine exploded in mid-air and fell in the Wihogne area near Liège. He was buried at Heverlee War Cemetery in Belgium.
