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Nowak, Kamierz

Date of birth:
March 4th, 1910 (Sosnowiec)
Date of death:
(Canada)
Service number:
P.0095
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 305 (Wielpolska) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
August 5th, 1942
Recommendation:
"Flying Officer Nowak has completed 21 operational missions, including attacks on Emden, Brest, Mannheim, Berlin and Wilhelmshaven. He has at all times displayed outstanding ability as a navigator which has ensured the success of the operations on which he has been engaged. The skill, fearlessness and devotion to duty shown by this officer have established a high morale in his crew and in his squadron."

Award approved 5 September 1942.
Recommendation drafted 30 January 1942 when he had flown 21 sorties (111 hours).
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

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