Monument record 4649 - The crash site of a British Supermarine Spitfire Mark V fighter

The crash site of a British Supermarine Spitfire Mark V fighter (No. W3569) belonging to 316 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, which crashed on the Cloud on the 21st of March 1944. The pilot, Sgt Zygmunt Kowalski, was on a training flight from RAF Woodvale near Southport when he suffered an engine fire. The pilot attempted a forced landing but the aircraft crashed during the attempt and the pilot was killed (1). W3569 was a Mark V Supermarine Spitfire (possibly a Vb); it was one of a batch of 450 such aircraft delivered between March and October 1941, by Vickers-Supermarine, to contract number B.17913/39. It was assigned to 603, 611, 416, 602, 164, 341, 340 and finally 316 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (2).

<1> Clark, AL, 2000-9, Peak District Air Accident Research, 06/02/09 (Web Site). SCH5157.

<2> Halley JJ, 1998, Royal Air Force Aircraft: W-1000 to Z-9999, p.16, 20 (Book). SCH5158.