Search tips

Typically we are looking for information about airmen by their name or RAF service number. Krzystek’s List uses a full-text search engine, which means you can search for any strings that could exist in the web page content. For example: if you type DFC in the search box you will obtain a list of all Polish airmen who are identified as DFC recipients. If you type 14.10.1942 (date notation is dd.mm.yyyy) you will obtain a list of airmen who died 14th October 1942. In the case of short phrase, for example the name Żak, you will obtain as a result links to all pages which contain that string: Ratajczak, Waszak, Zakrocki, Zakopane etc. If you type RAF the search returns links probably to all pages because the RAF abbreviation exists on almost all pages published on the Krzystek’s List.

For a more complex search you can join strings as well. The rules of searching are similar as in Google. All strings which contain spaces should be typed with quotation marks. For example, if you type “air gunner” 300 you will obtain a list of all air gunners who, in Krzystek’s List, are recorded as serving in 300 Squadron.

The English version of Krzystek’s List does not require the use of Polish characters. In the search box you can type Lodz instead of Łódź. The result will be the same.

List of abbreviations