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Medwecki, Mieczyslaw Adolf

Date of birth:
June 7th, 1904 (Pasieczna, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
September 1st, 1939 (Morawice, Poland)
Buried on:
Graves Polish Airmen
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Captain Mieczyslaw Medwecki is the first Allied pilot who fell in the Second World War. He was show down by a squadron of Stuka's on 1 September 1939.

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Awarded on:
March 17th, 1934
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Posthumously awarded
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Knight's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Pilot Wing

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