Franciszek Kornicki

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).

Franciszek Kornicki
Franciszek Kornicki, 1943
Born(1916-12-18)18 December 1916
Vereshin, Lublin Governorate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire
(now Wereszyn, Poland)
Died16 November 2017(2017-11-16) (aged 100)
Worthing, England
Allegiance Poland
 France
 United Kingdom
Service/branch
Years of service1939–1972
RankPułkownik (Polish Air Force)
Squadron Leader (RAF)
Commands held308 Squadron (1943) 317 Squadron (1943)
Battles/wars
Awards
  • Virtuti Militari
  • Polish Cross of Valour (with two bars)

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.

References
  1. Zmarł Franciszek Kornicki, weteran walk powietrznych w Wielkiej Brytanii (in Polish)

Other websites
  • Biographical sketch (this contains some inaccuracies) Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  • Kornicki at Goraska air show 2010 Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  • Press coverage of Korean edition of Kornicki's book
  • Video of Kornicki reunited with a Spitfire he flew during the war
  • Kornicki reunited with a Spitfire he flew during the war


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