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LIST OF NO. 302 SQUADRON REVISED Left: No. 302 squadron's badge. Courtesy of K. Tyszka. |
KIA killed in actin / KAS killed in active service / POW prisoner of war / SOC aircraft struck off charge (written off)
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1940 |
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17 Aug Hurricane I P3927 (WX-E) P/O Glowczynski. Crashed with engine fire during training flight. Pilot crash badly burned. He returned to operations in April 1941. SOC |
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21 Aug Hurricane I P3934 (WX-T) P/O Chalupa. Patrol. Crashed on edge of airfield with seized engine. SOC |
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15 Sep Hurricane I P2954 (WX-E) F/Lt Chlopik KIA Patrol. Baled out over North Weald in combat. Landed dead. |
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18 Sep Hurricane I P3086 (WX-Z) Sgt Paterek. Patrol. Hit by debris from Ju88 engaged over Chelmsford, crashlanded at Danbury, pilot safe. |
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15 Oct Hurricane I P2752 (WX-R) Sgt Wedzik. Patrol.Abandoned after combat with Bf09 over Kent. Pilot safe. |
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16 Oct Hurricane I V7417 (WX-T) Sgt Zaluski KAS Patrol. Crashlanded at Colliers End. |
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18 Oct Hurricane I
P3872 (WX-R)
P/O Wapniarek KIA
Patrol. Crashlanded
in bad weather, after a fight with Bf109s. |
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25 Oct Hurricane I V7593 (WX-V) F/Lt Jastrzebski KIA Patrol.Failed to return from over the Channel after chasing Bf109 towards France. |
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29 Oct Hurricane I P3085 (WX-A) F/Lt J A Thomson. Patrol. Abandoned after collision with another Hurricane (V6923) over Brooklands. Pilot injured. |
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8 Nov Hurricane I P3538 (WX-J) Sgt Kosarz KIA Patrol. Shot down by Bf109 over Mayfield (Sussex). |
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1941 |
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20 Feb Hurricane II R2687 (WX-X) P/O Pilch KAS Crashed at home base during mock dog fight. Cause unknown. |
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26 Apr Hurricane II Z2814 (WX-K) Sgt Nastorowicz KIA Patrol. Crashed into the Channel, possible oxygen problem. |
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4 May Hurricane II Z2350 (WX-W) Sgt Wedzik. Patrol. Abandoned after engine fire over the Channel. Pilot safe. |
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11 May Hurricane IIb Z3433 (WX-B) P/O Narucki KAS Collided with another a/c on landing after training flight. |
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8 May
Hurricane II Z3423
? S/Ldr
Laguna. Patrol. Abandoned after combat with
enemy fighter. |
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11 May
Hurricane II Z2386
(WX-C) P/O
Karwowski. Crashed with a/c on take off. Pilot unhurt. |
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21 May
Hurricane II Z2423
(WX-V) Sgt
Rytka. Circus. Shot down by a fighter and evaded capture. |
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24 Aug Hurricane II Z2913 (WX-D) Sgt Kropiwnicki KAS Patrol. Crashed approaching Curchstanton; engine failure. |
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9 Sep Hurricane II E3676 (WX-H) Sgt Pytlak KAS Crashed hitting power lines while training near Chester Hill, (Dorset). |
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8 Nov Spifire V AB985 ? P/O Gutowski POW Escort. Shot down by a fighter. |
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1942 |
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26 Jan
Spitfire V AA747 (WX-B) F/L
Kosinski KIA Shipping Recce. Shot down by a fighter near Rame Head. |
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6 May Magister N3980 Sgt Wyszkowski KAS For unknown reasons crashed near Holton Heath during communication flight. Passenger Sgt Radkowski killed. |
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29 May Spitfire V P8725 (WX-B) F/O Godlewksi KAS For unknown reason crashed near Fairmile Henley on Thames. |
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31 May Spitfire V BL677 (WX-V) Sgt Galazka KIA Roadstead.Shot down by FW190 in northern France. |
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5 Jun Spitfire V AD257 (WX-D) Sgt Łysek KIA Circus 188. Shot down by flak near Le Havre. |
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23 Jul Spitfire V BL549 (WX-E) P/O Nowakiewicz POW Rhubarb. Shot down by flak near Foret de Boulogne.
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7 Sep Spitfire V AR280 ? P/O Zdzitowiecki. Circus. Damaged by FW190, abandoned over the Channel. Pilot searescued. |
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8 Sep Spitfire V AA856 (WX-Z) P/O Urbanski KIA Ramrod. Shot down by FW190 near Le Havre. |
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8 Sep Spitfire V AA854 (WX-G) Sgt Mikusek POW Ramrod. Shot down by FW190 near Le Havre. |
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5 Dec Spitfire V BL403 ? F/O Rytka KAS Crashed near Northwood with engine seized. Pilot died of wounds. |
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1943 |
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30 Jun Spitfire V EP516 ? Sgt Makosz POW Weeather Recce. Abandoned W of Landeda after combat with enemy fighter. |
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24 Apr Spitfire V AR385 (WX-J) F/Lt Dec KAS Crashed near North Cotes (Lincs.) after mid-air collision with EN828. |
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8 Sep Spitfire V AA909 ? F/O
Sniec. Circus. Shot down by a fighter. Pilot safe, evaded
capture. |
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19 Sep Spitfire V W3631 ? Sgt Krzystofinski. Ramrod 233. Shot down by flak north of Bethune. Pilot safe and seaescued. |
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1944 |
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31 Jul Spitfire IX MJ945 ? F/Sgt Szadkowski POW Armed recce. Abandoned after being hit by flak. |
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14 Aug Spitfire IX NH608 ? F/Sgt Ziendalski. Armed recce. Forcelanded after being damaged byground fire during strafing run near Bernay. Pilot safe. |
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7 Dec Spitfire IX MK370 (WX-H) F/O Napiorkowski KIA Shot down by German fighter. Died of wounds. |
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1945 |
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10 Jan
Spitfire IX MK177 ? F/Sgt
Hajduk KIA Shot down by flak near Steenderen, Toldijk (Holland). |
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13 Feb Spitfire XVI SM412 (WX-A) F/Lt Wegrzyn POW Armed recce. Shot down bz flak near Sonsbech. |
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14 Feb Spitfire XVI SM488
(WX-G) P/O
Gretkierewicz. Armed recce. Forcelanded after being hit by flak over
Xanton. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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24 Feb
Spitfire XVI SM677
(WX-E) S/Ldr
Bienkowski. Armed recce. Forcelanded after being hit by flak over
Stenden. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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3 Mar Spitfire XVI TB283 ? P/O
Pyzik KIA Armed recce. Shot down by flak
near Wesel. |
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13 Mar Spitfire XVI TB395 (WX-B) P/O Gretkierewicz. Armed recce. Damaged by flak near Zwolle. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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14 Mar Spitfire XVI TB250 (WX-L) S/Ldr Olszewski. Armed recce. Hit by flak when attacking train. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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18 Mar Spitfire XVI TB370 (WX-I) Sgt Pliszka. Armed recce. Damaged by flak over Utrecht. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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19 Mar Spitfire XVI TB140 ? F/Lt Kaczmarek. Armed recce. Damaged by flak near Deventer. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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24 Mar Spitfire XVI TB751 (WX-R) W/O Schmidt. Damaged by flak over Arnham. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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9 Apr Spitfire XVI TB378 ? W/O Schmidt. Armed recce. Damaged by flak forcelanded near Zwolle. Pilot safe. SOC. |
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