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Re: Spitfire accident records of 65 and 257 RAF Sqns
P7530 65 Sqn, Kirton-in-Lindsey Cat C. Taxied into dispersal pen. Sheer carelessness pilot grounded, does not understand English 19.8.41 (17:15), Sgt Mrtvy 78787 safe;
AD192 313.Sqn, Portreath 1145 hrs. Cat C. High altitude formation flight. Overshot with flaps up, failed to stop collided with lorry 12.11.41 (11:45), Sgt A Mrtvy 787187 (Czech) safe;
MJ558 313.Sqn, Escort for B-26, shot down in combat with Fw190 of JG26 and Me110 near Malines (now Mechelen), Belgium 19.4.44 (evening), W/O A MRTVY killed (buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium)
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