Monument record MNT27650 - WWII Aircraft Crash Site, Worksop

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WWII Aircraft Crash Site near Peak Hill Farm, 1944

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Grid reference Centred SK 59167 82122 (29m by 26m)
Map sheet SK58SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Worksop, Bassetlaw

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On 19 May 1944 Wellington X LP381 crashed into trees at Peak Hill, Carlton Road Worksop attempting to land on the way back from France on 'Nickeling' operation. The pilot Sergeant Jozef Pawlik, from Łobaczowie, Poland and Sergeant (gunner) Piotr Pawlowski were both killed and are buried in the Polish Cemetery at Newark on Trent, the rest of the crew survived: Flight Officer Z Norski, Sergeant Ryszard Sledziewski (Previously Recorded as 'W' Sledziewski) and Sergerant Z Bukalo.


M. Tagg, 2020, May 1944 RAF crash site: Peaks Hill Farm, Worksop, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT5269.

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  • --- Unpublished document: M. Tagg. 2020. May 1944 RAF crash site: Peaks Hill Farm, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

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Dec 2 2025 2:18PM

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