Jeziorski, Andrzej

Title

Jeziorski, Andrzej
Andrzej Fragiszek Ksawery Jeziorski
A F K Jeziorski

Description

25 items. An oral history interview with Colonel Andrzej Fragiszek Ksawery Jeziorski (1922 - 2018 P241 Polskie Siły Powietrzne), his log books and photographs. Originally in the Polish army, he arrived in England from France in 1940. He flew operations as a pilot with 301 Squadron and Coastal Command 1942 - 1946.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrzej Jeziorski and catalogued by Barry Hunter.

Date

2017-07-05

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Identifier

Jeziorski, AFK

Collection Items

Andrezj Jeziorski's Ministry of Civil Aviation Personal Flying Log Book (Aircraft Operating Crew)
A F K Jeziorski’s pilots flying log book (Private Licence) covering the period I June 1949 to 28 June 1954.
Aircraft flown in were Auster, Rapide, Proctor, Consul, Halifax 8 and York.

Andrezj Jeziorski's Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
A F K Jeziorski’s pilot’s flying log book covering the period from 1 April 1944 to 30 Sep 1948. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Manby (1 AAS), RAF Watchfield (1 Beam Approach School), RAF…

Hong Kong Harbour
A battleship moored in Hong Kong harbour.

Andrezj Jeziorski
Head and shoulders portrait of Andrezj Jeziorski. He is wearing a flying jacket. On the reverse 'Benbekkula [sic] 1944'.

Andrezj Jeziorski's RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book. A F K Jeziorski’s Flying Log book as pilot covering the period from 9 March 1943 to 15 March 1944. Detailing his flying training as a pilot. He was stationed at RAF Hucknall (25 [Polish] EFTS), RAF Newton (16 [Polish]…

Andrezj Jeziorski
Andrezj Jeziorski in the pilot's seat. Information supplied with the collection states 'At the controls of Rapide a/c, Duxford Museum 1983'

Andrezj Jeziorski
Andrezj Jeziorski's last flight. Information supplied with the collection states 'Britannia Airways:- My last flight on Boeing 737 before retirement (December 22nd 1982).'

Andrezj Jeziorski Flying a Boeing 707
Andrezj Jeziorski at the controls of a Boeing. Information supplied with the collection states 'Britannia Airways (1973) at the controls of Boeing 707-320 Intercontinental'.
On the reverse is the Polish original translation.

Andrezj and Wanda Jeziorski' Wedding
Andrezj and Wanda's wedding. Information supplied with the collection states 'Wedding-Brompton Oratory - bride Wanda Sokolowska - 8th January, 1955. London.'

Andrezj Jeziorski and Dragon Rapide
Andrezj standing at the wing tip of a Dragon Rapide. On the reverse 'June 26th 1950. Squires Gate, Blackpool. Rapide with Pilot C. Jones'.

Andrezj Jeziorski and Crew
Five airmen standing beside their aircraft.
Information supplied with the collection states -
'RAF St. Eval, 304 squadron; my crew:-
From the left:
Air gunner/radio operator Sgt. Kucharek
First pilot - F/O - AFK JEZIORSKI
Navigator - F/O -…

Rockall
An aerial photograph of Rockall taken during a training flight. Information supplied with the collection states 'Coastal Command; Nr. 6 OTU, RAF Silloth 1945. Training flight to Rockall'.

Andrezj Jeziorski
Andrezj Jeziorski holding a propeller. Information supplied with the collection states the aircraft is a Wellington at RAF Silloth, No 60 Training Unit, 1945.

Nissen Hut - Benbecula
A Nissen hut in the snow at Benbecula.

Andrezj Jeziorski
A half length portrait of Andrezj captioned 'Jeziorski Andrezj Jez Jeziorski 194[?]'.

Andrezj Jeziorski and three Airmen
The four men are standing at the front of a single engined aircraft. Information supplied with the collection states the location as RAF Manby, First Armament School, 1943.

Airspeed Oxford in Flight
A port side view of an Oxford in flight. Information supplied with the collection states it is from the Service Training School at RAF Newton, 1943.

Andrezj Jeziorski and gunner
The two men are in the turret of a Valentine tank.

Training at Crawford, Duns and Blairgowrie
Photo 1 is a squad of men being inspected by an officer, Crawford 1940.
Photo 2 is Churchill tanks at Duns, 1942.
Photo 3 is an inspection by General Wladyslaw Anders in 1942.
Photo 4 is a Valentine Mk III tank with Lt. Ludwik Makiello in the…

Training with Valentine Tank
In the foreground is a tank and behind is a squad of men. The location is identified as Blairgowrie in information supplied with the collection.

Officers' Training School, Crawford
Five photographs identified as being taken at the Officers' Training School, Crawford.
Photo 1 is of two squads of marching men with bell. To one side are bell tents and behind are low hills.
Photo 2 is taken from a hillside looking down on many…

Andrzej Jeziorski on a Horse
Andrzej Jeziorski on a horse, named as Gezisza. Information supplied with the collection states 'Summer Vacation 1938'.

Garden, Warsaw 1937
The garden of Andrzej Jeziorski's house.

House and Garden, Warsaw 1937
A woman standing in a garden with her house behind.

Interview with Andrzej Jeziorski
Andrzej Jeziorski was born in Poland and, when war broke out, fled to Britain, where he flew as a pilot with 304 Squadron. He specifially recalls 1st September 1939. He talks about his father, a Navy officer who served in the First World War and…
View all 25 items

Collection Tree

  • Jeziorski, Andrzej