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X4828, F/Lt Wojciech Kolaczkowski, No. 303 Squadron, RAF Speke,

United Kingdom, September 1941

Spitfire Mk.Ia, carrying the serial X4828 and

K code, belonged to No. 303 (Polish) Squadron

and is representative of the new Day Fighter

Scheme, introduced on August 19, 1941. From

that date, RAF day fighters were painted in Dark

Green and Ocean Grey on the upper surfaces

and Medium Sea Grey on the lower surfaces. The

aircraft letters were by then changed to Sky, and

the fuselage band and spinner remained in the

same colour. Note the thin dark border around

the letters and the stencil data inscriptions

painted on the Ocean Grey surfaces, which are

believed to be remnants of the original Dark

Earth layer. No. 303 Squadron was moved to RAF

Speke from RAF Norholt on July 17, 1941, leaving

their Spitfire Mk.IIb aircraft behind to receive

old war weary Mk.Is for training purposes. RF

was flown by A Flight leader F/Lt Kolaczkowski,

who was later No. 303 Squadron Leader from

November 21, 1941 to May 7, 1942. The name

‘Vojtek’ is Kolaczkowski´s nickname and the

name ‘Krysia’ was the nickname of his girlfriend

Kristina. It is not known with certainty if these

inscriptions were painted on the right side as

well. No. 303 Squadron returned to Norholt on

October 7, 1941 to be re-armed with the new

Spitfire Mk.Vb and engaged the new German

Fw 190As in intense combat on the other side of

the Channel.

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Editorial
We usually write about E-day no later than the week after the event, but this year it is different. As you know, E-day was held in Litomerice on the first Saturday of October, and we are just now in the process of evaluating it, after one month. Of course, this has its reasons. There is an advantage to looking back at it after almost a month, with peace of mind and a cool head. I think I will not contradict the assessment of E-day participants when I say that it was a very good event.
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E-day photo gallery
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Air war over Ukraine - Russian drones over Poland
The biggest event during the period covered in this installment of the series (1 Sept. to 30 Sept.) was the massive violation of NATO airspace by Russian drones. It took place during the night of 9–10 Sept. in Poland. During a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine, about two dozen unmanned aerial vehicles continued westward. While, as always, Moscow made excuses, Warsaw’s officials say the Russian drones penetrated intentionally.
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The Burma Banshees
Burma (today’s Myanmar) during the Second World War may have seemed like a less significant battleground. On the Allied side, however, a total of one million soldiers from several nations were eventually deployed on the Burmese front. In 1942, the Japanese at first sought to maintain transportation links between their conquered territories in China and Burmese Rangoon (today’s Yangon). Burma was to serve as a sort of buffer zone protecting further conquered areas in Southeast Asia. Before long, however, the Japanese, supported by armed forces of various puppet regimes, began to attempt an invasion of India, which ultimately did take place, though in a limited form.
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Tail End Charlie - On Two-Day Events
Several events recently gave me the opportunity to participate in a debate on the topic of a two-day model exhibition schedule in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The topic was most intensely discussed just after this year's E-Day, and most recently last weekend at the Stará Kotolňa restaurant, where my friends from the Nitra model club and I discussed plans for the upcoming years of their competition.
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