8 August 1940 303 Squadron Landing Accidents

[Andy Saunders]

On 8 August there were two 303 Sqn landing accidents:

R4100 (Pilot: Belc)
V7245 (Frantisek)

In my trawl of ORB's for 8 August I did not look at 303 Squadron as they were not operational over Convoy CW9 PEEWIT (my sphere of interest) and thus do not have the times of these incidents.

Can anyone fill in the times for me?

[Chris Goss]

Northolt's op diary makes no mention apart from 257 Sqn-1200 hrs, attacked about 20 Do 17s [sic] at 6000 feet off the coast from Tangmere and there were also 109s about. 2 Me 109s dest, Me 109, Do 17 damaged. Flt Lt Hall, Fg Off D'Arcy Irvine, Sgt Smith & Hurricanes missing.
Whilst I am on, I have group photos showing MacArthur, Darley & Appleby but plenty of good shots of Curchin

[Peter S]

"Training continued. Sgt Belc crash landed with undercarriage down. Damage Cat.2. He was unhurt. He was taken off flying. Sgt Frantisek crashed with undercarriage up and damaged aircrew and aircraft. He was unhurt and he damage cat.2."

Regards

[Harry in Poland]

A good source for info regarding 303 Squadron is their Operations Record book. Find it here http://orb.polishaf.pl/303sqn/1940-4...-squadron-f540. That same site has record books for most Polish squadrons.