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Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej "Vodka"

Date of birth:
November 29th, 1916 (Krakow, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
November 1st, 1940
Buried on:
Polish War Graves Chichester
Plot: Square 42. Row: R.C.. Grave: 35.
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Was killed when he was shot down on November 1st, 1940 by a Messerschmitt Bf 190 in his Hawker Hurricane Mk. I, N2608, AK-V.

Promotions:
September 1st, 1939: Podporucznik (Lieutenant).

Career:
? - 1936: Panstwowym Gimnazjum (Gymnasium);
?: 82 Pulku Piechoty, Brzesciu nad Bugiem (82nd Infantry Regiment, Brzesciu and Bugiem);
February 1937: Szkoly Podchorazych Rezerwy Lotnictwa, Sadkow (Reserve Flying School, Sadkow);
September 28th, 1937: 2 Pulku Lotniczego, Krakowie (2nd Air Regiment, Krakow);
October 22nd, 1937: Szkoly Podchorazych Lotnictwa, Deblinie (Air School Deblin);
June 18th, 1939: 122 Eskadry Mysliwskiej, Krakowie (122nd Fighter Squadron, Krakow);
September 17th, 1939: Escape to Romania;
1939: France;
January 1940: Eastchurch;
August 8th, 1940 - September 13th, 1940: No. 32 Squadron;
September 13th, 1940: No. 607 Squadron;
September 17th, 1940 - November 1st, 1940: No. 213 Squadron.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
February 1st, 1941

Posthumously (no. 8988)
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
October 31st, 1946

Posthumously awarded
Krzyz Walecznych

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