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Hirszbandt, Robert Juliusz

Date of birth:
September 11th, 1899 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
June 2nd, 1942
Buried on:
Polish War Graves Manchester
Plot: Q. Grave: 228.
Service number:
P-1399
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Rank: Major/Wing Commander. Killed in a crash after his plane was hit by German flak fire over Germany.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
For providing the Vickers machine gun modification.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Wing Commander
Unit:
No. 305 (Wielpolska) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Posthumously awarded
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

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