Wandzilak, Stanislaw
- Date of birth:
- July 23rd, 1917 (Kudryńce)
- Date of death:
- November 29th, 2000 (London, United Kingdom)
- Buried on:
- Cmentarz Rakowicki
- Service number:
- P-0506/500039
- Nationality:
- Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)
Biography
He achieved two aerial victories during the war:
21 September 1941: Spitfire VB, ZF- [?] (AB809), 308 Squadron, Fw 190
9 June 1943: Spitfire F.IX, RF-V (MA584), 308 Squadron, Fw 190
Service years: 1937-1972
1948: Flight Lieutenant
1 October 1951: Flight Lieutenant (permanent)
?: Squadron Leader
?: Wing Commander
1972: Group Captain
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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- No. 315 (Deblin) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 16th, 1944
No. 10794
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- No. 315 (Deblin) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 16th, 1944
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1956
- Rank:
- Squadron Leader
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1958
- Rank:
- Acting Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 11th, 1966
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Awarded on:
- 1990
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Pilot Wing
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Niebieska eskadra - groby, cmentarze, pomniki, miejsca pamięci polskich lotników..
- Stanislaw Wandzilak
- Lista Krzystka
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41268/supplement/9
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40669/supplement/34
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39169/supplement/1293
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44004/supplement/6563
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