Franciszek Kornicki
Polish Air Force officer
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 | |
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 Franciszek Kornicki, 1943 | |
| Born | 18 December 1916 Vereshin, Lublin Governorate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire (now Wereszyn, Poland) |
| Died | 16 November 2017 (aged 100) Worthing, England |
| Allegiance |  Poland France United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | |
| 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.
References
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change- Biographical sketch (this contains some inaccuracies) [1] Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Kornicki at Goraska air show 2010 [2] Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Press coverage of Korean edition of Kornicki's book [3] Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Video of Kornicki reunited with a Spitfire he flew during the war [4]
- Kornicki reunited with a Spitfire he flew during the war [5] [6]
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