{"id":783,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=783"},"modified":"2021-08-30T06:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:36:24","slug":"zamek-ian-alexander","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/zamek-ian-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"Zamek, Ian Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ian Alexander Zamek<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Observer, 58 Squadron
Service number 749523
Died 3 October 1940
Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headstone Inscription
‘REMEMBERING ALSO HIS BROTHER NORMAN, SGT. R.A.F. DARLING SONS OF K. AND THE LATE A. ZAMEK’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ian was born on 27 February 1918 in Aberdeen to Alfred and Sarah Kate n\u00e9e Phillips and had an older sister Annette and a younger brother Norman who was also killed in India serving in the RAF. Zamek, Norman | The Jews of the RAF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zamek family originated from Poland and settled in Aberdeen where their father Alfred was heavily involved in forming a synagogue in Marischal Street, Aberdeen. The family then moved to Bournemouth where Ian attended St Adhelm’s Primary school and then Trent Public school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zamek brothers are commemorated with a road named after them in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian was the observer on Whitley N1434 which departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse for an operation to Frankfurt. The aircraft was lost over Germany killing all the crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W\/Op, A\/G, Alfred Jack Cheesman, 751223
W\/Op, A\/G, Alan Ernest Chetter, 966961
Pilot, Paul Spencer Dally, 42592
Pilot, William Charles Espley, 40292<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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