Stanisław Karubin Explained

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
Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Medal

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.

Biography

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.

Aerial victory credits

Awards

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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. R. King, Dywizjon 303, p.79
  2. [Arkady Fiedler]