| Admitted to: Farnborough Hospital. |
Date of Injury: 06/09/1940 |
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| D.O.B/Age when admitted: 10/08/1904 (36) |
Cause of Incident: Enemy Action. Shot down in a Hurricane by an ME109, which punctured the fuel tank. Bailed out. Freefall extinguished fire on clothes, before parachuting. |
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| Transferred to QVH: --- |
Injuries: --- |
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| No. of Operations at East Grinstead: |
IDENTITY CARD
This is to certify that the patient mentioned below and whose description is stated hereon is the authorised holder of this Identity card.
| Forename: Zdzislaw |
Surname: Krasnodebski |
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| Service No: P 1505 |
Nationality: Polish |
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| Awards/Honours: VM...Virtuti Militari (Polish decoration) |
Patient Unit: 303 Sqn |
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| Profession: Pilot |
Patient Rank: Sqn Ldr. WC 01/09/1944 |
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| Death: 1980 Canada |
Age at Death: --- |
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Notes:
First Polish member of the Guinea Pig Club.
Made way to England, via France, with the Polish Air Force - stationed in Blackpool in June 1940.
Assigned to Polish Fighter Squadron 303 out of RAF Northolt in early August.
Returned to flying less than a year after arriving at QVH.
We've been looking through our collections, and discovered this 1972 photograph from the East Grinstead Observer, o…