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 | |
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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.
Franciszek Kornicki Media
Kornicki's class in the Gymnazium in Hrubieszów. Kornicki is just behind the teacher's hat on the left. (Source: family archive)
Kornicki reunited with a Spitfire he flew in 1942
References
Other websites
- 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]