Kula, Franciszek

Date of birth:: April 4th, 1913 (Wielki Bukowiec)
Date of death:: March 17th, 1948
Buried on:: Polish War Graves Newark-on-Trent
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

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Military Medal (MM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sergeant
Unit:: No. 305 (Wielpolska) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: July 23rd, 1948

"On the night of August 28th 1942, Sergeant Kula was the Air Gunner of a Wellington Aircraft detailed to attack a target at Saarbrucken. Whilst flying over Luxembourg, the Aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters and damaged so severely that the crew were compelled to abandon it. Sergeant Kula alighted in a field near Brussels and after disposing of his parachute in the bank of a river, made his way to some nearby woods where owing to his wounds he rested for four days. During this period he lived on his emergency rations, he subsequently proceeded by trains from Brussels and after a long and tedious journey through France, he arrived in Marseilles. Throughout, Sergeant Kula displayed dogged determination, courage and ingenuity to evade capture, he returned to this Country in September 1942."