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Stachon, Boleslaw Feliks

Date of birth:
May 18th, 1897 (Wola Wadowska)
Date of death:
July 4th, 1941 (Drenthe, The Netherlands)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Breda
Plot: E. Row: 5. Grave: 5.
Service number:
P76608
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
October 1917: 2nd Lt.
20 February 1920: Lt.
?: Capt.
12 April 1927: Major
4 March 1934: Lt. Col.
19 March 1939: Col.
RAF: Group Captain
1 January 1964: Brig. Gen. (posthumously)

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
December 27th, 1921

No. 4505
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1935
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Knight  1st Degree
Order Odrodzenia Polski Kawalerski
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Znak za Rany i Kontuzje
Pilot Wing
Pilote
Pilots Badge
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Group Captain
Unit:
No. 301 (Pomeranian) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1940
Flying Badge

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