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Stanisław Karubin
Stanisław Karubin.png
A portrait of Stanisław Karubin
Born (1915-10-29)29 October 1915
Woźniki, German Empire
(present-day Poland)
Died 12 August 1941(1941-08-12) (aged 25)
Horn Crag Eskdale, Cumbria
Allegiance  Poland
 France
 United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the Polish Air Force Polish Air Force
 France Armée de l'Air
Flag of the Royal Air Force 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

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.

Biography

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

  • Bf 110 - 3 September 1939
  • Do 17 or Do-215 - 3 June 1940
  • Bf 109 - 31 August 1940
  • 2 Bf 109 - 5 September 1940
  • He-111 - 6 September 1940
  • Bf 109 - 5 October 1940

Awards

POL Virtuti Militari Srebrny BAR.svg Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
POL Krzyż Walecznych (1940) 3r BAR.PNG Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal ribbon.svg Distinguished Flying Medal

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