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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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01.11.1940 213 Squadron Hurricane I V7221 AK-V Plt Off. Wlasnowolski V.M. K.W.

Operation: Patrol

Date: 1st November 1940 (Friday)

Unit No: 213 Squadron

Type: Hurricane I

Serial: V7221

Code: AK:V

Base: RAF Tangmere

Location: Liphook Game Farm, Stoughton, West Sussex.

Pilot: Plt Off. Boleslaw Andrzej Własnowolski VM. KW. 76736 PAF Age 23. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

On patrol to intercept incoming Luftwaffe bombers when he was shot down by a Bf 109 over Stoughton, crashing at Liphook Game Farm at about 16:00 hrs.

Previously served with 607 and 32 Squadron's before joining 213 on September 17th 1940

Plt Off. Własnowolski had a total of 5 confirmed kills at the time of his death:

1 x Ju 87 - 2nd September 1939 (Shared with Wladyslaw Majchrzyk)
1 x Bf 109- 15th August 1940
1 x Bf 109 - 18th August 1940
1 x Do 215 - 18th August 1940
1 x Bf 109 - 15th October 1940

Plt Off. Boleslaw Andrzej Własnowolski VM. KW. (courtesy Peter Sikora)

Burial Details:

Plt Off. Boleslaw Andrzej Własnowolski. VM. KW. Chichester Cemetery Grave No: 45. Born 29th November 1916 in Krakow, Poland.

Researched by Peter Sikora for relatives of the pilot. Thanks to John Vaughan for the correction to the aircraft serial number (Jun 2022).

Other sources list below:

10.06.2022 - Correction to aircraft serial number

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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, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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