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Chelmecki, Marian Stefan

    Date of birth:
    January 1st, 1916 (Krakow, Poland)
    Date of death:
    January 1st, 1988 (Poland)
    Service number:
    76690
    Nationality:
    Polish

    Biography

    Squadron Leader Marian Stefan Chelmecki served as a fighter pilot during the Second World War.

    His medals are part of the collection of the Museum van de Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    April 1st, 1941
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    April 1st, 1941
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    July 1943
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 317 (Wilno) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    June 25th, 1945
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Squadron Leader
    Unit:
    No. 317 (Wilno) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 31st, 1946

    Royal Decree no.24
    Vliegerkruis (VK)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    With "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" clasp.
    1939-1945 Star
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    With "FRANCE AND GERMANY" clasp.
    Air Crew Europe Star

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