Kazimierz Sporny

Kazimierz Sporny
DFC
Born (1916-02-17)17 February 1916
Poznań
Died May 17, 1949(1949-05-17)
Twyford Abbey
Allegiance

 Poland
 France

 United Kingdom
Service/branch

 Polish Air Force
 France Armée de l'Air

 Royal Air Force
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Unit 3rd Aviation Regiment
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
Battles/wars Polish Defensive War, World War II
Awards Virtuti Militari; Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)

Kazimierz Sporny DFC was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 5 confirmed kills.[1]

Biography

Sporny was born in 1916, he was graduated from the Polish Air Force Academy in 1936. He was assigned to the 3rd Aviation Regiment. On 17 September he crossed the border with Romania then via Yugoslavia and Italy he reached France. After the Battle of France he arrived in the UK where he served in the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. Sporny scored his first victory on 30 December 1940 on a Bf 109. He volunteered to the Polish Fighting Team.[2]

On 18 July 1946 he married Margaret McArthur.

Kazimierz Sporny died from a brain cancer on 17 May 1949. On August 25, 2016, his remains were brought to Poznań by Polish Air Force's CASA C-295 and buried in Miłostowo cemetery, with a honorary flypast by the F-16 fighter jets.[3]

Aerial victory credits

Awards

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

References

Further reading

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