ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91120
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| Date: | Friday 5 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 58 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P7776 |
| MSN: | PQ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Dunfermline, Fife -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grangemouth |
Spitfire P7776 collided with Spitfire P8679 during a practice dogfight. Both aircraft crashed. Sgt Malec, the pilot of P8679, baled out and survived but the pilot of P7776 was killed.
Pilot:
Sgt (781261) Boleslaw Jozef Jerzy Szot PAF- killed
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list.
RAF Casualties-1942.
58 OTU Roll of Honour.
Polish War Memorial RAF Northolt
http://aircrewremembered.com/szot-boleslaw.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2013 00:30 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 19:54 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2018 18:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2021 07:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative] |
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