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Old 12th September 2017, 11:31
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Re: 8 October 1940 - Daylight raid on London

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Originally Posted by Chris Goss View Post
I believe that his death was attributed to an accident when his Hurricane hit a tree and crashed at Cuddington Way, Ewell, Surrey. He was on a patrol and was seen to dive away. No records of any German aircraft and not mentioned in the Northolt Polish War diary
Hello Mr. Goss,

I have same data from Czech or Polish source.

But I can imagine that this undisciplined but excellent pilot spotted a German airplane and disconnected from the squadron formation - and unhappily crashed when he was chasing enemy plane ...

But it is just theory .....

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