Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37754/supplements/5035. Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski (Can. / J.87544) (deceased), Royal Canadian Air Force. On 12th June 1944 over Cambrai, France, Pilot Officer Mynarski was mid-upper gunner of a Lancaster aircraft when fire broke out after an attack by enemy fighters and the captain ordered the crew to bale out. As Pilot Officer Mynarski went towards the escape hatch he saw that the rear gunner was trapped in his turret and immediately made his way through the flames to his assistance, but all his efforts were in vain. His own clothing was on fire and eventually being persuaded that nothing more could be done he returned to the escape hatch and jumped out. He was found by the French, but was so badly burned that he died of his injuries.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37754/supplements/5035. Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski (Can. / J.87544) (deceased), Royal Canadian Air Force. On 12th June 1944 over Cambrai, France, Pilot Officer Mynarski was mid-upper gunner of a Lancaster aircraft when fire broke out after an attack by enemy fighters and the captain ordered the crew to bale out. As Pilot Officer Mynarski went towards the escape hatch he saw that the rear gunner was trapped in his turret and immediately made his way through the flames to his assistance, but all his efforts were in vain. His own clothing was on fire and eventually being persuaded that nothing more could be done he returned to the escape hatch and jumped out. He was found by the French, but was so badly burned that he died of his injuries.