Franciszek Kubica © Polish Wargraves Born:
30 July 1917, Sporysz
Death:
16 May 1945, Noordzee 45 mijl Oost van Bradwell Bay
Section/row/number:
Row O Grave 40.
During a training flight over the North Sea in his fighter, Lieutenant Kubica crashes his Mustang FB383 into the plane of Lieutenant Mieczysław Franciszek Beringer, Mustang KH540. Both die. Kubica’s body washes up in the Netherlands and is buried in Makkum. Beringer is located in Epping – Essex – Great Britain.
Kubica, on the left, seen on a picture taken March 12. 1942.
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (H 17767) Pilots of No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (part of the RAF Army Cooperation Command) fixing courses on their maps after having been given instructions for a sortie by the Army Liaison Officer. From left to right: Flight Lieutenant Franciszek Kubica; possibly Flight Lieutenant Klawe; unknown; unknown; Squadron Leader Maciej Piotrowski, one of the Flight Commanders.
Photograph taken a… Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205265663 Images of the 309 squadron taken on May 10, 1945, less than a week before the fatal training flight. No names are given of the pilots in the photo.
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (CH 9575) Formation of Mustang P-51s of No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (part of the RAF Army Cooperation Command) flying over Kirknewton, 10 May 1943. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205382091
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (CH 9574) Formation of Mustang P-51s of No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (part of the RAF Army Cooperation Command) flying over Kirknewton, 10 May 1943. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205382090
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (FRE 14876) Pilots of No. 309 Polish Squadron with their P-51 Mustangs. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205383982
