Date:	Thursday 15 May 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I (TT)
Owner/operator:	4 B&GS RAF
Registration:	L5662
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Irish Sea, Off Port Logan, Kirkmaiden, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF West Freugh, Stranraer, Dumfriesshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.1(TT) L5662, Delivered to 4 B&GS (Bombing & Gunnery School) RAF West Freugh on 20 May 1940. Written off (destroyed) 15 May 1941 when collided with Fairey Battle Mk.1(TT) V1223, also of 4 B&GS RAF and crashed into the Irish Sea, Off Port Logan, Kirkmaiden, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire. All four crew members - two in each aircraft - were killed (no survivors)

Crew of Battle L5662:
Sergeant (P/780818) Jan Leon Szałkiewicz, (Pilot, Polish Air Force, aged 27) - killed on active service 15/5/1941, buried at Glebe Cemetery, Stranraer, Dumfriesshire
AC1 (975274) Francis Walter Wilson RAF (Winch Operator, aged 19) - killed on active service 15/5/1941, buried at Ramsgate Cemetery, Ramsgate, Kent

There is some uncertainty about the rank of Francis W Wilson; some sources state that he was an Air Cadet, but the CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) list him as an AC2 (Aircraftsman Second Class). The reported crash location of Port Logan (formerly Port Nessock) is a small village in the parish of Kirkmaiden in the Rhins of Galloway in Wigtownshire at approximate coordinates 54.72315°N 4.95644°W. The Gaelic name is Port Neasaig.

1. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.156)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p.37)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/6442: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755740
4. http://www.polishwargraves.nl/brit/4105.htm
5. http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-ftopic1154-45.html
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7504381/JAN%20LEON%20SZALKIEWICZ/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2655034/FRANCIS%20WALTER%20WILSON/
8. https://www.mojaszkocja.com/stranraer-glebe-cemetery/ (Polish Text)
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Logan

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Mar-2008 15:54	JINX	Added
10-Oct-2011 11:07	rvargast17	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
08-Jul-2013 14:29	JINX	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2018 21:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]
24-Oct-2020 21:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Oct-2020 21:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
25-Oct-2020 14:38	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]