[Michal]

According to article by Juraj Rajninec: Dalšia letecká zahraničná účasťz v SNP, Letectví a kosmonautika No. 21, 1984, page 827 had plane code BS-M and were piloted by P/O R. W. Carpenter and navigator was F/O Stubley. Halifax B.Mk. II took off from Brindisi Airport, Italy on 19.40 hours, Oct 18 1944. He reached Central Slovakia on midnight Sept 18/19 1944. Crew dropped in area of Tri Duby SOE Group (Maj H. M. Seymour, Lt A. Daniels, Sgt V. S. Zenopian (Royal Artillery) and radiooperator Corporal O. T. Davies (Royal Signal Corps) and 20 containers with radio and medical material. Weight of dropped cargo (including soldiers) were 1680 kilograms. On the way back they dropped 150 kolograms of pamphlets over Hungarian town Szentes. Plane safetely landed at Brindisi at 3,37 hours morning.

RAF helped to Slovakian Uprising only two times. On Oct 16 1944 took off from Hunsdon Airbase, UK, two Mosquitos FB Mk. VI, belonging to 418th Squadron RCAF (pilot F/Lt H. R. Cotteril, navigator F/O C. G. Finnlayson and pilot F/Lt Stuart N. May, navigator F/O Jack D. Ritch. They interlanded at St. Dizier, France, and attacking Piešťany Airbase at 7.50 hours on Oct 17 1944. Plane of F/Lt May was hit by 20 mm Flak and crashlanded on left bank of river Váh, nearby village of Brunovce. Crew were unhurt and later with jelp of partisans were liberated by advancing troops of Rumanian Army (probably at December 1944). It seems that attack on Piešťany Airbase were not succesfull.

Does somebody have any Luftwaffe losses on Oct 17 1944, Piešťany? And does somebody have code and serials of two Mossies?