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Pole named most heroic RAF spitfire pilot

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Victoria Bieniek 01.11.2017 15:00
  • Pole named most heroic RAF spitfire pilot
Polish pilot Franciszek Kornicki – who will be 101 next month – has won an online people's choice poll for the most heroic Royal Air Force Spitfire pilot.
Franciszek Kornicki as a young pilot. Photo: Gabukasv/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)Franciszek Kornicki as a young pilot. Photo: Gabukasv/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Interviewed for Radio Poland, RAF Museum curator Peter Devitt said that the poll was not to “choose the best pilot but one with the most extraordinary story ... Kornicki, at 26, was the youngest Polish squadron commander”.

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