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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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315 Squadron Crest
09.08.1941 No. 315 Squadron Spitfire IIb P8696 PK-H Sgt. Andrzej Niewiara

Operation: Circus 69

Date: 9th August 1941 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 315 Squadron (PAF)

Type: Spitfire IIb

Serial: P8696 (Dilwar/New Delhi)

Code: PK-H

Base: RAF Northolt

Location: Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France

Pilot: Sgt. Andrzej Niewiara 782860 PAF Age 23. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

10 aircraft from the squadron took of at 17:30 hrs on a Circus 69 operation (Cap Gris Nez / Saint Omer /Gravelines). Understood to have been shot down by Me109 of JG2.

315 Squadron lost another two aircraft this day:

Spitfire IIa P8506 PK-B. Flown by F/O. Jerzy Michal Czerniak P-1283 - missing.
Spitfire Vb P8670 PK-S. Flown by P/O. E. Fiedorczuk safe after crash landing in Suffolk, England.

note: W/Cdr. Douglas Bader DSO. DFC. was also one of the 11 aircraft lost on this day. 3 Pilots taken PoW, 1 Evading capture, 1 Safe with 6 others killed.

Burial details:

Sgt. Andrzej Niewiara. Boulogne-Sur-Mer Cemetery, France. Grave 11.A.280. Born 10th November 1917. From Jelcza, Miechów, Poland.

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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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