Date:	Sunday 21 March 1943
Time:	17:40
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II
Owner/operator:	307 (Lwowskich Puchaczy) Sqn RAF
Registration:	DZ261
MSN:	EW-V
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Exeter, Devon, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Exeter, Devon.
Destination airport:	RAF Exeter

Narrative:
Mosquito DZ261/V : Take off for Night Flying Test (NFT). 21/03/1944
Crashed in RAF Exeter approaches while flying on one engine. 
The 307 (Polish) Sqdn RAF suffered a painful loss on 21 March 1943. Its CO 307 Sqdn W/Cdr Michalowski DFC, and his radio observer, F/O Szkop, were killed at 17:40 hrs when trying to land at RAF Exeter their Mosquito DZ261 on one engine. Although experienced as he was, Michalowski made an error on his emergency approach. S/Ldr Szablowski, the Flight “A” commander, temporarily replaced him.
Crew: 
W/Cdr (P.76645) Jan MICHALOWSKI DFC (pol.pilot) PAF - killed 
F/Lt (P.0616) Stanislaw SZKOP (pol.obs.) PAF - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt 
2.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/307/307Story.html
3.http://orb.polishaf.pl/307sqn/1943-8/1943-03-no-307-squadron-f540
4.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/307/307_losses.html
5.http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/307/307airmen.htm
6.ORB 307 Sqdn RAF

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