Date: 12th April 1942.
Unit: No. 41 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Spitfire Vb.
Serial: BL595
Coded: EB -
Location: St. Omer, France.
Pilot: P/O B van der Stok P.O.W.
REASON FOR LOSS:
One of 16 Spitfires lost on this day, 13 from Circus 122 to Hazebrouck Marshalling Yards, shot down by FW190s from JG26 and crashed near St. Omer. P/O van der Stok (Dutch) baled out and became a POW, he later escaped in the "Great Escape" March 1944, and returned to England.
P/O van der Stok at the time of his capture
Research by David King (A.R.S.)
