L/Cpl. pilot
Mieczysław Parafiński (1914–1941) – sergeant pilot of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. After the outbreak of World War II he made his way to France, where he served in Groupe de Chasse I/145, and subsequently in GC I/1. After evacuation in June 1940 he reached Great Britain and joined the Polish Air Force within the RAF structures. He served in No. 308 “Kraków” Fighter Squadron. On 24 November 1940 he scored an aerial victory, shooting down a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber, which was one of the squadron’s first successes. He was killed on 26 February 1941 during a training flight in a Hawker Hurricane near Cottesbrooke in Northamptonshire. He was buried at the cemetery in Baginton near the RAF base.
