Date: 11th September 1942
Unit: No. 310 Squadron (Czech) R.A.F.
Type: Spitfire Vb
Serial: EP453
Coded: NN-C
Location: 25 miles South of Bold Head, Devon
Pilot: Sgt. Karel Janata 788040 R.A.F.V.R. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from Bold Head, Devon at 12.25 hrs with Fl/Lt Bergman to check wind and weather off the French coast. Around 10 minutes into the flight they hit dense fog and the aircraft hit the sea killing Karel Janata. His body was not recovered and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.
Sgt. Karel Janata
Burial Details:
Karel Janata Runnymede War Memorial. panel. 86.
The Aircrew Remembrance Society would like to thank researcher Otakar Rákosnik from the Czech republic for sending the information and the photograph of Sgt. Janata. We hope that Otakar will be sending us further information on the Czech pilots who flew with the R.A.F.
