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Operation: Training
Date: 11th February 1943 (Thursday)
Unit: No. 10 Air Gunners School
Type: Lysander IIIA
Serial: V9666
Code: -
Base: RAF Walney, Barrow-In-Furness
Location:
Pilot: Sgt. Witold Antoni Szott 780915 PAF Age 21. Missing - believed killed
D/Op: LAC. Owen Ralph Jolly 1210694 RAFVR Age 20. Missing - believed killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Durin a training flight the pilot and the drogue operator went missing, it is thought just off the Whyre Estuary at Fleetwood.
Despite searches no trace of the crew was found.
Burial details:
Sgt. Witold Antoni Szott. Polish Air Force memorial at Northolt. Born on the 16th February 1922 at Poznan, Poland. No further details - are you able to assist?
LAC. Owen Ralph Jolly. Runnymede Memorial. Panel 171. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Oliver Jolly and husband of Doris Jolly, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.
Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with thanks to Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum Mielnika, other sources as quoted below:
KTY 06.01.2020
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