Mazur Mieczysław

Mieczysław Mazur (1915–1939) – reserve officer cadet observer of the Polish Air Force, rear gunner of the Bomber Brigade. He was born on 17 April 1915. He served in the bomber aviation of the Polish Army as a crew member of PZL.23 “Karaś” reconnaissance-bomber aircraft, used in the 21st and 22nd Bomber Squadrons of the Bomber Brigade of the Polish Army Aviation. In September 1939 he took part in combat operations of the Polish defensive campaign. On 2 September 1939 one of the “Karaś” crews carried out a combat flight over the territory of the Third Reich, attacking a target near the town of Ohlau (now Oława, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland). During the mission a total of 8 bombs weighing 400 kg were dropped on an industrial facility. On 3 September 1939 the PZL.23 “Karaś” aircraft in which Mieczysław Mazur was flying was shot down near the Radomsko–Pławno road during Luftwaffe combat operations. As a result of the crash Mieczysław Mazur was killed. The crew commander, Capt. Observer Stefan Karol Alberti, survived, as did the pilot, Cpl. Pilot Wacław Buczyłko, who managed to land the damaged aircraft. Mieczysław Mazur was buried in the village of Karsy.