Bidspirit auction | PIETRZAK ALEKSANDER: (1915-1945)

PIETRZAK ALEKSANDER: (1915-1945) - PIETRZAK ALEKSANDER: (1915-1945) Polish fighter pilot of World War II who served with both 316 and 309 (Polish) Squadrons and was a V-1 ´Doodlebug´ ace credited with 6 victories. A rare D.S., A Pietrzak , one page, folio, RAF Northolt (Greater London), 27th September 1943. The typescript document is a Wing Intelligence Combat Report (Form ”F”, marked Secret ) providing details of the pilot's aerial engagement with an FW 190 west of Le Treport, the General Report stating, in part, ´24 Spitfires 1X, 12 each of 302 and 303 Squadrons, led by Squadron Leader Zurakowski, took off from Northolt at 09.43/09.45 to act as Fighter Sweep to Ramrod 250 Part II in which 72 Marauders were attacking Beauvais/Tille airfield......Vectored by Beachy Head Wing swept: Neufchatel - Gisors - Mantes Gassicourt - Les Andelys - Neufchatel seeing no E/A. When over Neufchatel the second time Wing got......warning about E/A in Abbeville area. On arriving in that area Squadrons were recalled to support a main force which was being attacked by E/A. Wing immediately dived from 26,000 ft. to the bombers, seeing them about 25 miles South East of Le Treport, approaching the coast, but no E/A were seen. Wing leader ordered all pilots who were short of petrol to return......Half the Wing escorted the bombers part of the journey across Channel.....West of Le Treport one section saw two FW 190´s in front climbing to its starboard side. Both pilots attacked these E/A but only one makes a claim, and his story is as follows: ”I was flying as No.2 to S/Ldr. Baranski. When West of Le Treport I saw two FW 190´s in front of us climbing on our starboard side.....I attacked the left one which began to climb sharply and made a half-roll. I opened fire from an angle of about 60 degrees at a range of 100 yards. I noticed strikes under the fuselage. The FW 190 turned on its back and went down vertically issuing black smoke.....Following the E/A down to 1,000 ft. I saw the FW 190 hit the ground and explode”. A brief continuation to the verso, signed on behalf of the Sector Intelligence Officer, confirms that nine aircraft landed at Northolt at 11.50 hours. Autographs of Pietrzak are rare in any form as a result of his tragically early death at the age of 30 when he was catastrophically ejected from the cockpit during a routine dive-bombing training exercise, on 2nd August 1945. One small file hole to the upper left corner and a small, neat tear to the upper edge, otherwise VG