Jolly, Alan (Sergeant)
Evader 1944-August-05
Birth Date: 1922
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Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
148 (SD) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Trusty
Base
Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Numbers
1432300
Crew or Other Personnel
Halifax JP162
Mission
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JP162
SOE 1944-August-04 to 1944-August-05
148 (SD) Sqn (RAF) Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
148 Squadron (Trusty) RAF, Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy. Halifax II aircraft JP 162 FS-S was returning from a successful operation to drop supplies for the Polish Home Army at Miechoiwa near Krakow, Poland when it was attacked and shot down by a ME-110 night fighter flown by Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100. The Halifax crashed near the village of Wojnarowa, Poland with the loss of three air crew
Sergeant C Aspinall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JG McCall (RAFVR) and Sergeant JFC Rae (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer PJ Anderson (RCAF), Sergeant RO Peterson (RCAF), Sergeant WC Underwood (RAFVR) and Sergeant A Jolly (RAFVR) survived and all evaded capture and joined the Partisans until liberated and returned to the UK in March of 1945
Flights of the Forgotten, Special Duties Operations in World War Two by KA Merrick, page 208
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...
Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
75 rocznica zesterzelenia samolotu Halifax JP 162 Korzenna - YouTube
Halifax JP162 B/GR.Mk.II - SOE - 1944-08-04 to 1944-08-05
Squadron: 148 (SD) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-08-04
Completion Date: 1944-08-05
Mission: SOE
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy
Take Off Time: 19:45:00
Squadron Code: FS-S
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Crash City: Poland
Crash Specifics: near the village of Wojnarowa
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
148 Squadron (Trusty) RAF, Campo Casale, Brindisi, Italy. Halifax II aircraft JP 162 FS-S was returning from a successful operation to drop supplies for the Polish Home Army at Miechoiwa near Krakow, Poland when it was attacked and shot down by a ME-110 night fighter flown by Fw Helmut Konter of INJG 100. The Halifax crashed near the village of Wojnarowa, Poland with the loss of three air crew
Sergeant C Aspinall (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant JG McCall (RAFVR) and Sergeant JFC Rae (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer PJ Anderson (RCAF), Sergeant RO Peterson (RCAF), Sergeant WC Underwood (RAFVR) and Sergeant A Jolly (RAFVR) survived and all evaded capture and joined the Partisans until liberated and returned to the UK in March of 1945
Flights of the Forgotten, Special Duties Operations in World War Two by KA Merrick, page 208 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
148 Squadron Halifax II JP162 FS-S Fl/Lt McCall Wojnarowa Poland...
Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf
75 rocznica zesterzelenia samolotu Halifax JP 162 Korzenna - YouTube