312 Squadron - 1941 Hurricane losses

[jiri]

Dear Andy,
it was ops sortie, escort of Blenheims to Chocques (Circus 19), take-off 12.40 from Kenley.
F/O Tomas Kruml bailed out in the vicinity of Maidstone from Z3436 (not Z3501 as ORB stated) - I see Kruml´s Pilots Flying Log Book. Z 3501 left No 312 Sqdn 13 Dec 1941 and on 2 Aug 1945 was sold to French AF.
Sgt Josef Mensik force landed his Z2987. Machine was repaired and later (23 Oct 1941) sent to Soviet Union under Lend-Lease Act.
Kruml died 28 Jan 1994 in Brno, Czechoslovakia, age 82,
Mensik was shot down 8 July 1941 flying Z3327, baled out over Lisbourg, evaded and via Spain reached England 21 Oct 1941. He was KIFA 24 Apr 1943 near Swanton Morley as Flying Officer, member of No 68 NF Sqdn, during NFT, Beaufighter V8567 (WM-B).
jiri