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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 (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Rank: Brigadier General pilot. Flying ace: 8 individual air victories and 3 shared.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
August 28th, 1942
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
No. 316 (Warsaw) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1944
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Group Captain
Unit:
No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
October 31st, 1947
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Group Captain
Unit:
No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
October 31st, 1947

With swords
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
December 10th, 1973
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded as bar on the ribbon of the first medal
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

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