318 Squadron Hurricane IIb BN270 K P/O. Glowacki

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03.12.1943 No. 318 Squadron Hurricane IIb BN270 K P/O. Glowacki

Operation: Training flight

Date: 3rd December 1943 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 318 Squadron (Polish)

Type: Hurricane IIb

Serial: BN270

Code: 'K'

Base: LG.207 (El Kasasin), Egypt

Location: Half mile South West of El Kasasin, Egypt

Pilot: P/O. Jerzy Jan Glowacki P-0779 PAF Age 24. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

The newly formed squadron were posted to El Kasasin L.G. and lived under canvas in the desert - the crews soon dropped the 'K' from the name.

Full details not available but it seems that during a training flight on artillery range practice Hurricane BN270 collided with that of Fl/Lt. Jan Blasczczyk in Hurricane BP135 at 10:40 hrs.

We welcome any further information on this loss.

Burial Details:

P/O. Jerzy Jan Glowacki. Tel-El-Khebir Cemetery, Egypt. Plot 4, Row D, Grave 3. Born 2 December 1919, Next of kin details not available as yet.

For relatives of the pilot. With thanks for further information to Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Jerzy Bogdan Cynk - 'The Polish Airforce At War' Vol's 1 and 2.

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, 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', Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', 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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