Date: 22nd August 1943
Unit: No.316 (P) Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire IX
Serial. BS456
Code: ?
Location: In English Channel.
Pilot: Flight Lieutenant Lew Kurylowicz (D.F.C - Virtuti Militari V) P1761 Safe
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft shot down one Fw 190 during combat. During return flight aircraft developed engine trouble and pilot forced to bale out. F/L Kurylowicz spent five days in his dinghy before being rescued.
Read pilots personal account here: Lew Kurylowicz
Spitfire IX BS456 UZ-Ż (Pictured when with 306 Squadron. Note the Ż used by the 2nd pilot F/Lt Żulikowski when this picture was taken)
Flight Lieutenant Lew Kurylowicz (D.F.C - Virtuti Militari V) P1761
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