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Drelicharz, Wladyslaw

Date of birth:
September 16th, 1913 (Tuchów, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
November 21st, 1944 (South of Faenza, Italy)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Bologna
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Unit:
4th "Skorpion" Armoured Regiment, 2nd Warsaw Armoured Brigade, 2nd Warsaw Armoured Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:
December 30th, 1944
"On 19th August 1944 Captain Drelicharz was commanding a Squadron of the 4th Armoured Regiment, which was taking part in the attack on the river Metauro positions. Due to his courageous leadership and his skilful handling of his tanks his squadron was able to capture intact a number of enemy self propelled guns, some of them still in running order and to make a successful attack on Hill 171, where he consolidated his squadron and successfully beat off enemy counter attack without giving ground."

Posthumously awarded
Military Cross (MC)

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