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 1940Plt 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).
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