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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Fighter Command Crest
27.04.1944 No. 61 OTU Spitfire IIa P7608/P8079 W/O. Marian Lis

Operation: Training

Date: 27th April 1944 (Thursday)

Unit: No. 61 OTU (Operational Training Unit)

Type: Spitfire IIa

Serial: P7608 / P8079

Base: RAF Rednal

Location: Maesbrook, Shropshire

Pilot 1: W/O. Marian Lis 792046 PAF Age 23. Killed

Pilot 2: W/O. Eugeniusz Jaworski vel Józef Jaworzyn 784055 PAF Age 23. Killed (1)

REASON FOR LOSS:

Very little known but that during a training exercise the pilots collided over Maesbrook and were both killed.

Both Spitfires had been built at the Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory, fitted with Merlin XII Engine.

(1) W/O. Eugeniusz Jaworski had previously served with 304 bomber squadron (Polish)

Burial details:

W/O. Marian Lis. Lancaster Skerton Cemetery. Grave H.24. Born 5th September 1921 in Splawie, Poznan, Poland. Next of kin details not available, are you able to assist?

W/O. Eugeniusz Jaworski vel Józef Jaworzyn. Market Drayton Cemetery, Shropshire. Grave AF124. Born 24th November 1921 in Lunieniec, Poland (now Belarus). Next of kin details not available, are you able to assist?

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of these pilots. With thanks to sources quoted below but also to Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945’. Krzystka List. Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii’. Thanks also to Jack Brook for advising us the correct serial number of Spitfire P7608 - September 2017.

KTY 12.06.2015 Misspelt location

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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', 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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