Wcislicki, Eugeniusz "Whisky"

Date of birth:: October 22nd, 1915
Date of death:: December 24th, 1966
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

1938: Akademia Marynarki Wojennej
1938: Podporucznika marynarki
March 1939: ORP "Burza"
23 December 1939: ORP "Gdynia"
19 July 1940: ORP S-2
3 May 1941: Lieutenant
26 November 1942: PMW Chaser Group
5 October 1942 - januari 1943: ORP S-1
7 June 1943: ORP "Dragon .
1943: Captain
1944: PMW Chaser Group
November 1944: ORP "Conrad"
1948: Royal Navy
?: Commander

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: por. mar.
Unit:: ORP S-1, Polish Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: October 22nd, 1942

"For gallantry when, in command of M.G.B. “S.2” he intercepted a force of E -boats in the Channel and engaged them single-handed."

Admiralty Fleet Order *5120.—Honours and Awards.—Polish Navy (H. & A. 473/42.—22.10.1942.)

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal Morski za Wojne 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal Morski za Wojne 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1st bar

Medal Morski za Wojne 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

2nd bar

Medal Morski za Wojne 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

3rd bar

Sources

Photo 1: Jan Westlake
- Kadry morskie Rzeczypospolitej. Tom II: Polska Marynarka Wojenna. Cz. 1: Korpus Oficerów 1918–1947 (1996)
- British Awards and Decorations to Polish Navy in World War Two
- (English) Motor Gun Boat S-2