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Gabszewicz, Aleksander Klemens

    Date of birth:
    December 6th, 1911 (Szawle, Russian Empire)
    Date of death:
    October 10th, 1983 (Hanley Swan/Worcester, United Kingdom)
    Mentioned on:
    Polish War Graves Newark-on-Trent
    Service number:
    P-0163
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Rank: Brigadier General pilot. Flying ace: 8 individual air victories and 3 shared.

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    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    August 28th, 1942
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    July 7th, 1943
    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

    Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    March 13th, 1944
    Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross

    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    August 20th, 1944
    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    May 15th, 1944
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Group Captain
    Unit:
    No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 31st, 1947
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3z)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Group Captain
    Unit:
    No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    October 31st, 1947
    Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3z)

    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    December 10th, 1973
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Awarded as bar on the ribbon of the first medal
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Medal Lotniczy za Wojne 1939-1945

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Medal Lotniczy za Wojne 1939-1945

    Znak za Rany i Kontuzje

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Znak za Rany i Kontuzje

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