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F/O. Vaclav Kopecky DFC.
Royal Air Force 111 Squadron
from:Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Kopecky crashed after take-off with his Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB (coded JU-?) from North Weald Airfield, due to engine failure after striking a gull which got into the carburettor air intake on 18th of December 1941, a few minutes after 10:30. He suffered heavy injuries and was taken to St. Margaret Hospital in Epping, where his right leg had to be amputated.

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