Date: 4th April 1942
Unit: No. 303 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Supermarine Spitfire Vb
Serial: AD455
Coded: RF-V
Location: English Channel
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Jan Kazimierz Michał Daszerwski P-1503 P.A.F. Age; 27, Killed (Poland.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Shot down and lost in the English Channel. 15 Spitfire's (2 from 303 Squadron) were lost or damaged this day, 8 pilots killed, 2 classed as safe, 5 P.O.W.'s. Fl/Lt Daszerwski had been shot down on a previous patrol and baled out (Hurricane I, P389) - severely wounded in a combat with an Me109 at 17.00 hrs on the 7th September 1940.
Jan Daszerwski pictured here during service with the Defense Aerienne Du Territoire (DAT) section at Bourges by a Curtiss Hawk 75 fighter.
Fl/Lt. Jan Kazimierz Michał Daszerwski
Burial Details:
None - commemorated on the Polish War Memorial.
