Stanisław Karubin

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Stanisław Karubin
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
Battles/warsPolish Defensive War, World War II
AwardsVirtuti Militari; Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Medal

Stanisław Karubin (29 October 1915 – 12 August 1941) was a Polish

fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II
with 7 confirmed kills.

Biography

Karubin after graduating from Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors was assigned to the

No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron and destroyed 5 German aircraft. On 6 September 1940 he was hit and jumped with a parachute. On 18 September he received the Virtuti Militari. He was sent to No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF
. On 12 August 1941, flying in the clouds, Karubin struck a mountainside, at the same way also died another Polish pilot, Zygmunt Höhne.

Aerial victory credits

Awards

Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal

References

  1. ^ R. King, Dywizjon 303, p.79
  2. ^ Arkady Fiedler described this fight in the book Squadron 303

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