THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE DIEPPE RAID, AUGUST 1942 - F/Lt Rutkowski described the action in his report: "After my first bursts I saw his airframe catch fire and afterwards parts of his plane started dropping off. I fired my last burst at less than 100 yards. I was then warned that FW 190s were on my tail but as I turned saw the Dornier crash and explode north of Dieppe." Stills from camera gun footage (K2180) taken from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB flown by Flight Lieutenant Kazimierz Rutkowski of No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron, as he shot down a Dornier Do 217 over Dieppe, while providin
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE DIEPPE RAID, AUGUST 1942 - F/Lt Rutkowski described the action in his report: "After my first bursts I saw his airframe catch fire and afterwards parts of his plane started dropping off. I fired my last burst at less than 100 yards. I was then warned that FW 190s were on my tail but as I turned saw the Dornier crash and explode north of Dieppe." Stills from camera gun footage (K2180) taken from a Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB flown by Flight Lieutenant Kazimierz Rutkowski of No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron, as he shot down a Dornier Do 217 over Dieppe, while providing fighter cover during the Combined Forces raid, 19 August 1942. He also destroyed a Heinkel He 111 during this sortie Polish Air Force, Polish Air Force, 317 "City of Wilno" Fighter Squadron, Rutkowski, Kazimierz
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