Stanisław Karubin | |
Rank: | Sergeant |
Birth Date: | 1915 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Woźniki, German Empire (present-day Poland) |
Death Place: | Horn Crag Eskdale, Cumbria |
Allegiance: | Poland France United Kingdom |
Branch: | Armée de l'Air |
Unit: | 111th Fighter Escadrille (Poland) No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron |
Servicenumber: | 793420 |
Battles: | Polish Defensive War, World War II |
Awards: | Virtuti Militari |
Stanisław Karubin (29 October 191512 August 1941) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 7 confirmed kills.
Karubin after graduating from Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors was assigned to the 111th Fighter Escadrille. On 3 September 1939 he shot down his first plane, a Bf 110. On 23 January 1940 he arrived in France via Romania and Greece. He served in the Krasnodębski section of the Groupe de Chasse et de Défense I/55, on 3 June he downed a Do 17 or a Do 215. After the capitulation of France he came to the UK. He took part in the Battle of Britain in the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron and destroyed 5 German aircraft. On 6 September 1940 he was hit and jumped with a parachute. On 18 September he received the Virtuti Militari. He was sent to No. 55 Operational Training Unit RAF. On 12 August 1941, flying in the clouds, Karubin struck a mountainside, at the same way also died another Polish pilot, Zygmunt Höhne.
Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
Cross of Valour (Poland), three times
Distinguished Flying Medal