306 Squadron Spitfire F.IX BS459 UZ-T W/O. Jasinski

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26.01.1943 No. 306 Squadron Spitfire F.IX BS459 UZ-T W/O. Wawrzyniec Jasinski

Operation: Circus 256

Date: 26th January 1943

Unit: No. 306 Squadron (Polish)

Type: Spitfire F.IX

Serial: BS459

Coded: UZ-T

Location: English Channel, between Calais and Dunkirk

Pilot: W/O. Wawrzyniec Jasiński 784725 PAF Age 28. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Collided in mid air with W/Cmdr. Stefan Janus DFC (Northolt Wing Leader) P-0700 flying Spitfire F.IX UZ-J BS241. Both pilots were forced to bail out.

Jasiński had been seen in the water for a while but lost his life. W/Cmdr Janus was taken PoW, surviving the war.

In front of 306 Squadron Spitfire V UZ-S Left to right: Unidentified ?, Brunon Kroczynski, Kroczynski, Stanislaw Marcisz, Boleslaw Kaczmarek, Grzegorz Sollogub, Stanislaw Skalski, Henryk Pietrzak, Wawrzyniec Jasinski, Emil Landsman, Marcin Machowiak. (courtesy Chris Mackay)

W/Cmdr. Stefan Janus DFC

Spitfire BS459 UZ-T 306 Squadron

Burial Details:

W/O. Wawrzyniec Jasiński. Dunkirk Town Cemetery. Grave 12. Row 4/2. From Kępno, Poland

Research by Peter Sikora for relatives of the pilot.

Acknowledgements: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives and Fred Paradie - Paradie Archive (both on this site), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.

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