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Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
At 19:00 hours on Tuesday the 26th of November 1940, Spitfire R6987 was being flown by a Polish Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749) of no.65 East India Squadron.
He was based at RAF Leuchars, and diverted to RAf Dyce where he proceeded to hit Telegraph wires (earlier reports stated a house) before damaging 2 further houses. Anybody any information on the pilot (first name) and how he faired in the war or what happened to the aircraft? |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
I have a Wladyslaw Skulkowski serving in 65 Sqn, claiming a Bf 109 on August 22, 1940 (FC3; CR: Air 50/25-299&300). He was KIA on March 27, 1941 while serving with 315 Sqn. However, his service number is given as 76747, both in my files, and in the CWGC website.
Enjoy! Frank.
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76747)
Thanks Frank
76747 - is the correct no. Apologies. Regards Alan |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Hello ,
F/L Szulkowski Władysław 76747 06.11.1909 Goworowo Ostrołęka Polanddate of birthplace of birthcountycountry 27.03.1941 Liverpool 65, 315 Sqdn Last edited by Alain57; 8th July 2021 at 08:01. |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Cheers
Anybody got any info on the aircraft Spitfire R6987 |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Hello ,
R6987 Mk Ia EA FF 20-7-40 8MU 23-7-40 65S 11-8-40 undershot landing struck house 26-11-40 Scottish Aviation 132S 17-7-41 FACB 19-9-41 ros 215MU 23-9-42 City of Lancaster 7-9-43 Portugal 20-11-43 Regards Alain57 |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Thanks Alain57
Was the aircraft lost on Portugal 20-11-43? |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Alain
It seems your details are from the Shacklady/Morgan book? Their details are not complete and (my opinion) somewhat difficult to read. The way you have written the details underline my opinion. Luckily Jim Halley published a very detailed account of the Spitfire Mk Is and here is what he had to say about R6987 8 MU: 23.7.1940 65 Sq: 11.8.1940, undershot night landing and struck house, Dyce, Cat W 26.11.1940 (F/O W Szulkowski - Polish - injured) Scottish Aviation: 3.12.1940 45 MU: 8.4.1941 132 Sq: 17.7.1941, landed with undercarriage retracted, selected down but failed to check lights, Peterhead, Cat B, 19.9.1941 (Sgt A Stewart OK) ROS (repaired on site) by Vickers 24.9.1941 repaired date 27.9.1941 132 Sq: 27.9.1941, pilot failed to lock undercarriage down which collapsed on landing, Peterhead, Cat B, 20.10.1941 (P/O F J Sherlock OK) Scottish Aviation: 1.11.1941 (aircraft awaiting collection 25.3.1942) 45 MU: 12.4.1942 215 MU: 23.9.1942 3 PATP (Packed Aircraft Transit Pool): 25.9.1942 to Portugal (departure) 7.1.1943, arrived 20.1.1943 In Portugal it most likely received serial number 376 and code XZ-G "Escadrille XZ" at Ota(this is deduction only, but from preserved/known details, it seems the Portuguese numbered/coded their Mk I in delivery + ex serial number order!) This unit later became Escadrille No 3 within the Grupo Supranumerário de Aviacão de Caca. Unfortunately the Portuguese records are not as available as the British ones are, and it also seems big pieces are still missing, perhaps never to be found. With that I have no final fate in Portuguese service for this aircraft. Finally, I was also a bit intrigued by the use of "City of Lancaster" which I can only assume is a reference to R6987 being a Presentation Aircraft. If it is such a reference at least I cannot locate a single Spitfire so named. Cheers Stig |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
Stig,
"City of Lancaster"" ..........Departed ...................Convoy...................... Arrived Liverpool, Jan 7, 1943.. KMS.7G (Clyde-Algiers)..Lisbon. Jan 20. 1943. Convoyweb.org.uk & The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945/Hague/p.163. For more on Spitfire Ia R6987, see: Spitfire International/Terbeck, van der Meer & Sturtivant/Air-Britain,2002, p.269 Col. |
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Re: Flying Officer W. Szulkwoski (76749)
The format used by Alain seems to me the same that is used by the Spitfire production list available online.
In this case, City of Lancaster is not the name of a presentation aircraft but the name of the ship that brought the Spitfire to Portugal. It left UK as part of the convoy KMS7 going to North Africa, and his destination was Lisbon. See https://www.warsailors.com/convoys/kmsconvoys.html Edited: Col was faster than me ! |
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