Date: 27th April 1942
Unit: No. 303 Squadron
Type: Supermarine Spitfire Vb
Serial: AA940
Coded: RF-E
Location: France - exact location to be confirmed.
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Stefan Kolodyński P.A.F. P.O.W.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Shot down over France by Hptm Joachim Muncheberg, II/JG26, his 73rd victory! and 2nd that day. At 14.10 hrs the R.A.F. force was detected south of Margate and the Geschwader was scrambled again. An attack on Ostend by six Bostons escorted and supported by eleven Spitfire squadrons. One Boston was lost to the Ostend flak. Ten miles off Dunkirk Hptm. Muncheberg and Oblt. Ebersberger shot down two Tangmere Wing Spitfires - one piloted by the Wing Commander (W/Cmdr P.H. Hugo) who was subsequently rescued.
Fl/Lt. Stefan Kolodyński being escorted away by German guards following his combat.
Stefan Kolodyński
German guards posing over Spitfire AA940
Spitfire AA940 RF-E after the capture of Fl/Lt. Stefan Kolodyński
Hptm Joachim Muncheberg, II/JG26 describing the action to his fellow pilots.
Above left: Hptm Joachim MunchebergHptm. Right: Joachim Muncheberg on the left - to the right is Oblt. Ebersberger and front is Major Schöfel.
Research by David King / Kelvin T. Youngs (A.R.S.) January 2009
