Date: 24th April 1943
Unit: 302 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Supermarine Spitfire VB
Serial: AR385
Coded: WX-J
Location: North Cotes, Lincolnshire
Pilot: F/O. Józef Wincenty Dec P-0808 P.A.F. Age; 29, Killed (Prawnik, Poland)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Not much information on this loss - it collided with P/O Czeslaw Jan Nowak P-2070 who managed to bail out. The tail of AR385 hit P/O Nowak aircraft propeller and AR385 crashed at North Cotes, Lincolnshire. (P/O Nowak was killed later in the year on August 30th 1943)
Burial Details:
F/O. Józef Wincenty Dec P-0808 P.A.F. Northwood Cemetery. Grave Nr. H401.
