Stanisław Karubin

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.

Stanisław Karubin
Born(1915-10-29)29 October 1915
Woźniki, German Empire
(present-day Poland)
Died12 August 1941(1941-08-12) (aged 25)
Horn Crag Eksdale, Cumbria
Allegiance Poland
 France
 United Kingdom
Service/branch Polish Air Force
 France Armée de l'Air
 Royal Air Force
Ranksergeant
Unit111th Fighter Escadrille (Poland)
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
Battles/warsPolish Defensive War, World War II
AwardsVirtuti Militari; Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Medal

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 [1]
  • 2 Bf 109 - 5 September 1940[2]
  • He-111 - 6 September 1940
  • Bf 109 - 5 October 1940

Awards

Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal

References
  1. R. King, Dywizjon 303, p.79
  2. Arkady Fiedler described this fight in the book Squadron 303

Further reading
  • Olgierd Cumft i Hubert Kazimierz Kujawa, Księga lotników polskich poległych, zmarłych i zaginionych 1939-1946, editor Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, Warsaw 1989, wyd. I, p. 316-317.
  • Jerzy Pawlak, Polskie eskadry w latach 1918-1939, Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, Warsaw 1989, ISBN 83-206-0760-4.
  • Wacław Król, Polskie skrzydła nad Francją, Wydawnictwo "Książka i Wiedza", Warsaw 1986, ISBN 83-05-11473-2, s. 221-222.
  • Arkady Fiedler, Squadron 303,
  • Tomasz Demidowicz "Lotnicy Podlasia. Słownik biograficzny", Biała Podlaska 2005, p. 87.
  • King, Richard (2012). Wydawnictwo RM (ed.). Dywizjon 303 walka i codzienność. Warsaw. ISBN 978-83-7243-979-6.
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