Tadeusz Wladyslaw Sawicz
MilitaryA Polish WWII fighter pilot. He served in the Polish Air Force, and after the fall of Poland, he served in the Polish and allied units in France and United Kingdom.
He was the commander of several air units, including the No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron, 1st Polish Fighter Wing, 3rd Polish Fighter Wing, 131st (Polish) Fighter Wing and 133rd Fighter Wing. He participated in the Battle of Britain and was ranked as the 82nd highest scoring Polish fighter pilot of the war [claimed 3 confirmed victories and 3.5 damaged].
Later, he was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group, under Polish-American fighter ace Francis Gabreski, flying 10 training missions and 16 combat missions.
Polish Awards: Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross), Cross of Valour[4 awards], Air Force medal, Armed Forces in the West Military Action Cross.
Other Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), DFC [UK], Airman's Cross [Dutch].
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Warsaw, Poland | 13 February 1914 | |
Died |
Toronto, ON, Canada | 19 October 2011 | |
Based |
Boxted | 15 June 1944 | Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF. |
Buried |
Cmentarz PowązkowskiWarsaw, Miasto Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland | Cmentarz Powązkowski Warsaw, Miasto Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland |
Revisions
Brought in sources from duplicate record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm