GALLANTRY RECOGNISED
AWARDS FOR AIRMEN POLE AMONG RECIPIENTS LONDON, Sept. 24. The D.S.M. has been awarded to Sergeant Jozef Frantisek, of the Polish Squadron of the R.A.F. He is the first Pole to win a British flying award. He destroyed five planes in a week. Flying-officer Count _ Manfred Czernin, who was bom in Berlin, was awarded the D.F.C. He destroyed nine planes, three in one action.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24413, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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66GALLANTRY RECOGNISED Otago Daily Times, Issue 24413, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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