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	Halifax - Poland

It has been widely reported (December 2006) that Polish historians have recovered a Halifax bomber and “more remains of its Canadian and British crew, a find yielding treasures for a Warsaw museum that could also provide closure for the families of the doomed airmen.”
JP276 from 148 Squadron took off from Brindisi on Aug. 4, 1944 to drop supplies of weapons and ammunition to the Polish underground as the Warsaw Uprising raged. It crashed at Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland.
Project manager Piotr Sliwowski told The Associated Press that he hoped the British and Canadian authorities would contact the relatives of the crew, but as the crewmen all have graves in Krakow they may be less than delighted.

T he Canadian airmen presumed to have died in the crash were identified as:
Arnold Blynn, buried at Krakow
George Chapman, buried at Krakow
Harold Brown, buried at Krakow
Charles Wylie, buried at Krakow
Arthur Liddell, buried at Krakow

The two British airmen were identified as:
Frederick Wenham, buried at Krakow
Kenneth Ashmore, buried at Krakow

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	A 148 Squadron Halifax at Brindisi, similar to the one found in Poland.
	The excavation site at Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland, with the broken Merlins in situ.
	Evidence of the crew, who are buried in Krakow, was found. More photos what was found can be seen on the Polish web sites - above.