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Gil, Jozef

Date of birth:
January 14th, 1930 (Poland)
Date of death:
December 31st, 1942 (Abbeville, France)
Mentioned on:
Memorial Polish Airmen 1939-1945 Northolt
Service number:
76765
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Career:
?: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves;
?: No. 1 School of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum;
September 1st, 1940: No. 6 Operational Training Unit, Sutton Bridge;
September 21st, 1940: No. 43 Squadron;
October 19th, 1940: No. 229 Squadron;
October 30th, 1940: No. 145 Squadron;
March 12th, 1941: No. 53 Operational Training Unit, Heston;
April 13th, 1941: No. 315 (Deblin) Squadron;
June 13th, 1942: No. 306 (Torun) Squadron.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 315 (Deblin) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
September 10th, 1941
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 315 (Deblin) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
February 15th, 1942
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 306 (Torun) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
November 15th, 1942
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
No. 306 (Torun) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

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