Stanisław Karubin (29 October 1915 – 12 August 1941) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 7 confirmed kills.
Stanisław Karubin | |
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Born | Woźniki, German Empire (present-day Poland) | 29 October 1915
Died | 12 August 1941 Horn Crag Eskdale, Cumbria | (aged 25)
Allegiance | Poland France United Kingdom |
Service/ | Polish Air Force Armée de l'Air Royal Air Force |
Rank | Sergeant |
Service number | 793420 |
Unit | 111th Fighter Escadrille (Poland) No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron |
Battles/wars | Polish Defensive War, World War II |
Awards | Virtuti Militari; Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Medal |
Biography edit
Karubin after graduating from Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors was assigned to the 111th Fighter Escadrille. On 3 September 1939 he shot down his first plane, a Bf 110. On 23 January 1940 he arrived in France via Romania and Greece. He served in the Krasnodębski section of the Groupe de Chasse et de Défense I/55, on 3 June he downed a Do 17 or a Do 215. After the capitulation of France he came to the UK. He took part in the Battle of Britain in the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron and destroyed 5 German aircraft. On 6 September 1940 he was hit and jumped with a parachute. On 18 September he received the Virtuti Militari. He was sent to No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF. On 12 August 1941, flying in the clouds, Karubin struck a mountainside, at the same way also died another Polish pilot, Zygmunt Höhne.
Aerial victory credits edit
Awards edit
Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal
References edit
- ^ R. King, Dywizjon 303, p.79
- ^ Arkady Fiedler described this fight in the book Squadron 303
Further reading edit
- Olgierd Cumft i Hubert Kazimierz Kujawa, Księga lotników polskich poległych, zmarłych i zaginionych 1939-1946, editor Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, Warsaw 1989, wyd. I, p. 316-317.
- Tomasz Demidowicz "Lotnicy Podlasia. Słownik biograficzny", Biała Podlaska 2005, p. 87.
- Arkady Fiedler, Squadron 303.
- King, Richard (2012). Wydawnictwo RM (ed.). Dywizjon 303 walka i codzienność. Warsaw. ISBN 978-83-7243-979-6.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). - Wacław Król, Polskie skrzydła nad Francją, Wydawnictwo "Książka i Wiedza", Warsaw 1986, ISBN 83-05-11473-2, s. 221-222.
- Tadeusz Jerzy Krzystek, Anna Krzystek: Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1940-1947 łącznie z Pomocniczą Lotniczą Służbą Kobiet (PLSK-WAAF). Sandomierz: Stratus, 2012, s. 264. ISBN 9788361421597
- Jerzy Pawlak, Polskie eskadry w latach 1918-1939, Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, Warsaw 1989, ISBN 83-206-0760-4.
- Piotr Sikora: Asy polskiego lotnictwa. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Alma-Press. 2014, s. 292-293. ISBN 9788370205607
- Józef Zieliński: Asy polskiego lotnictwa. Warszawa: Agencja lotnicza ALTAIR, 1994, s. 44. ISBN 9788311123946
- Józef Zieliński: Lotnicy polscy w Bitwie o Wielką Brytanię. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza MH, 2005, s. 81-82. ISBN 8390662043