Gabszewicz, Aleksander Klemens
- Date of birth:
- December 6th, 1911 (Szawle, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 10th, 1983 (Hanley Swan/Worcester, United Kingdom)
- Mentioned on:
- Polish War Graves Newark-on-Trent
- Service number:
- P-0163
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Rank: Brigadier General pilot. Flying ace: 8 individual air victories and 3 shared.
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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- August 28th, 1942
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- July 7th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- March 13th, 1944
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Unit:
- No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1947
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.3x)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Group Captain
- Unit:
- No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1947
- Rank:
- Pulkownik (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- December 10th, 1973
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Kryska-Karski & Żurakowski: Generałowie Polski niepodległej (1991)
- Gabszewicz Aleksander Klemens - Krzysteks List - Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940-1947
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