Franciszek Kornicki
Polish Air Force officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franciszek Kornicki (18 December 1916 – 16 November 2017) was a Polish fighter pilot. He served in the Polish Air Force in Poland, France and Britain during the Second World War and later served in the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Born | (1916-12-18)18 December 1916 Vereshin, Lublin Governorate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire (now Wereszyn, Poland) |
Died | 16 November 2017(2017-11-16) (aged 100) Worthing, England |
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Years of service | 1939–1972 |
Rank | Pułkownik (Polish Air Force) Squadron Leader (RAF) |
Commands held | 308 Squadron (1943) 317 Squadron (1943) |
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Kornicki died just a few weeks short of his 101st birthday in Worthing, England of a heart attack.[1] He was the last surviving Polish fighter squadron commander from the Second World War.