J Banys
Warrant Officer · 
Polish
- Died
- 3 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Warrant Officer J Banys of the Polish air forces served as the bomb aimer of Lancaster PB823 with No. 300 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 3 January 1945 the aircraft did not return from the raid on Nuremberg. He was killed in action. He is buried at Pierrepont French National Cemetery.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 300 Squadron ((Masovian) Polish).
- Operation (3 January 1945) — aircraft PB823 BH-T (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: M Wrus (Flight engineer) · W M Heine (Mid-upper gunner) · W Omiotek (Navigator) · B B Janas (Pilot) · R Drozdowicz (Rear gunner) · S Zielinski (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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3 January 1945
Flew Operation
Bomb aimer, PB823 BH-T — Failed to return - 3 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Pierrepont French National Cemetery
Operations on this date. 7 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 3 January 1945: Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Dortmund. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)