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Born 29 October 1915
Woźniki, German Empire
(present-day Poland) ( 1915-10-29 ) Allegiance Poland
France
United Kingdom Service/branch Polish Air Force
France Armée de l'Air
Royal Air Force Battles/wars Polish Defensive War, World War II Died 12 August 1941, Cumbria, United Kingdom Awards Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valour, Distinguished Flying Medal Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, World War II Units 111th Fighter Escadrille, No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron | ||
Stanisław Karubin was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 7 confirmed kills.
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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
Awards
Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal