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Malinski, Jan

    Date of birth:
    March 1st, 1917 (Osterzeskow)
    Date of death:
    February 6th, 2006 (Osterzeskow, Poland)
    Service number:
    P/1286
    Nationality:
    Polish

    Biography

    Career:
    ?: Wojska Ladowe (Polish Army);
    June 1939: 132. Eskadra Mysliwska (132nd Squadron);
    March 1940: escaped through Hungary and Yougoslavia to France;
    ?: Groupe de Chasse polonaise I/145;
    June 26th, 1940: England;
    August 20th, 1940: No 302 (Poznan) Squadron;
    September 2nd, 1940: No. 5 Operational Training Unit;
    September 26th, 1940: No. 302 (Poznan) Squadron;
    June 28th, 1941: Operations Room No. 307 (Lwowski) Squadron;
    May 20th, 1942: Operations Room RAF Exeter;
    December 1st, 1943: Operations Room No. 307 (Lwowski) Squadron;
    September 16th, 1944: No. 307 (Lwowski) Squadron;
    1945: No. 229 Group, Transport Command, Allahabad;
    1946: Lancashire Aircraft Corporation.

    Victories:
    September 3rd, 1939: Heinkel He 111;
    September 7th, 1939: Messerschmitt Bf 110;
    March 3rd, 1940: Junkers Ju 88.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    No. 229 Group, RAF Transport Command, Royal Air Force
    Awarded on:
    September 27th, 1945
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    With swords
    Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    Posthumously awarded
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

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