POLE DECORATED.
(British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 12.55 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct 7. A Polish major who was wounded in a recent air battle in the- defence of London has been decorated in a military hospital in South-East England bv General Sikorski with the highest Polish military decoration—the Vertuti Militari Cross. The major acts as squadron-leader of the Polish lighter Command No. 1503, which obtained the record bag of 109 German aeroplanes shot down during September. Although severely injured, the major succeeded in escaping from the burning aeroplane by a parachute which was itseir in flames. 1
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 8 October 1940, Page 7
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95POLE DECORATED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 8 October 1940, Page 7
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