Mission: Sweep
Date: 22nd July 1941
Unit: No.308 Polish Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire II
Serial No: P8590
Code: ZF-
Location: Lost in English Channel
Pilot: Pilot Officer M. M. Orzechowski – Killed.
Date: 22nd July 1941
Unit: No.308 Polish Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire II
Serial No: P8590
Code: ZF-
Location: Lost in English Channel
Pilot: Pilot Officer M. M. Orzechowski – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
After successfully strafing the airfield at St. Omer, for reasons unknown, the pilot crashed into the Channel. If anyone has further details regarding this loss, or knows of any burial details please contact us.
Pilot Officer M. Orzechowski (centre) formerly of No.56 Squadron (Brownless)
Burial detail: Not known.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless (March 2003) updated August 2013.