page_title: Tadeusz Arentowicz
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Tadeusz Arentowicz / Military career / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Supermarine Spitfire XVI at Duxford, September 2006 Français&#160;: Un avion Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI. Photo prise en Septembre 2006 à Duxford, dans le Royaume-Uni.
context_page_description: Tadeusz Arentowicz was a Polish fighter pilot and ace during the Second World War. He served as a flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron Polish: 303 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kościuszki"}. He was B-group Flight Commander of the squadron. A week after his final promotion, in 1941, he was on a mission escorting bombers when his plane was shot down by a German fighter near Dunkirk over the English Channel; he was never found.
context_section_description: On 8 July 1941, he flew the Supermarine Spitfire (designation P 8502) on mission to escort bombers to destroy the railway line and station in Lille. He was shot down by a German fighter and fell into the sea (the other pilots saw him fall into the sea somewhere near Dunkirk). Polish forces searched for him but he was never found.
  He was replaced as Squadron Commander by Lieutenant Jankiewicz.
  He is remembered on the Polish Memorial to Aircrew in Warsaw and the Polish War Memorial near RAF Northolt.
caption: Supermarine Spitfire [N 1]
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