Stanisław Karubin

Stanisław Karubin
Born (1915-10-29)29 October 1915
Woźniki, German Empire
(present-day Poland)
Died August 12, 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
Rank sergeant
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 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

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

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