Legowski's Spitfire crashed near Hulst. Because of the strong southeast wind, he drifted with his parachute to the Aandijkepolder near the hamlet of Zaamslagveer.

Upon landing he was wounded and was captured by the Germans and placed in a police cell in Hulst.

A prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, Legowski survived the war, graduated as a biologist in England and finally settled in Switzerland after his marriage