Kazimierz Sporny

Kazimierz Sporny

DFC
Born(1916-02-17)17 February 1916
Poznań
Died17 May 1949(1949-05-17) (aged 33)
Twyford Abbey, London, England
Allegiance Poland
 France
 United Kingdom
Service / branch Polish Air Force
 France Armée de l'Air
 Royal Air Force
RankFlight Lieutenant
Service numberP-0448
Unit3rd Aviation Regiment
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
Battles / warsPolish Defensive War, World War II
AwardsVirtuti Militari; Cross of Valour; Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)

Kazimierz Sporny DFC (17 February 1916 – 17 May 1949) 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 25 August 2016 his remains were brought to Poznań by Polish Air Force's CASA C-295 and buried in Miłostowo cemetery, with an honorary flypast by the F-16 fighter jets.[3]

Aerial victory credits

  • Bf 109 4 – September 1940 (probably destroyed)
  • Bf 109 – 30 December 1940
  • Bf 109 – 7 April 1943
  • 2 Bf 109 – 22 April 1943
  • Bf 109 – 24 June 1944
  • Fw 190 – 24 June 1944 (damaged)

Awards

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

References

  1. ^ ""Lista Bajana"".
  2. ^ Polish Fighting Team
  3. ^ Idczak, Marcin (25 August 2016). "Ostatni lot pilota Kazimierza Spornego". Retrieved 26 August 2016.

Further reading

  • Tadeusz Jerzy Krzystek, Anna Krzystek: Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1940-1947 łącznie z Pomocniczą Lotniczą Służbą Kobiet (PLSK-WAAF). Sandomierz: Stratus, 2012, p. 531. ISBN 9788361421597
  • Piotr Sikora: Asy polskiego lotnictwa. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Alma-Press. 2014, p. 367-371. ISBN 9788370205607
  • Józef Zieliński: Asy polskiego lotnictwa. Warszawa: Agencja lotnicza ALTAIR, 1994, p. 68. ISBN 83862172.
  • Cyrk Skalskiego | Kazimierz Sporny