Date: 26th January 1943
Unit: No. 306 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Spitfire F.IX
Serial: BS459
Coded: UZ-T
Location: Between Calais and Dunkirk
Pilot: W/O. Wawrzyniec Jasiński 784725 P.A.F. Age; 28 Killed (Kępno, Poland)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Collided in mid air with W/Cmdr. Stefan Janus D.F.C. (Northolt Wing Leader) P-0700 flying Spitfire F.IX UZ-J BS241. Both pilots were forced to bail out and Jasiński had been seen in the water for a while but lost his life. W/Cmdr Janus was taken P.O.W. and survived the war.
In front of 306 Squadron Spitfire V UZ-S Left to right: Unidentified ?, Brunon Kroczynski, Kroczynski, Stanislaw Marcisz, Boleslaw Kaczmarek, Grzegorz Sollogub, Stanislaw Skalski, Henryk Pietrzak, Wawrzyniec Jasinski, Emil Landsman, Marcin Machowiak. (Courtesy Chris Mackay)
W/Cmdr. Stefan Janus D.F.C.
Spitfire BS459 UZ-T 306 Squadron
Burial Details:
W/O. Wawrzyniec Jasiński 784725 Dunkirk Town Cemetery Grave. 12. Row 4/2
Research by Peter Sikora (April 2009) Grave photo supplied by Mike Harrison
