Stanisław Grodzicki

For the member of Bydgoszcz City Council, see Stanisław Grodzicki (politician).
Stanisław Grodzicki's grave in Star Lane Cemetery, St Mary Cray, Kent

Stanisław Grodzicki (1912 in Ostrołęka – 1946 near Orpington) was a Polish fighter pilot and a Major of the Polish Air Force during World War II. He fought during The Blitz in 1941 as a night fighter pilot with No. 307 Polish Fighter Squadron, flying the Boulton Paul Defiant. From November 1940 to June 1941 he was also the commanding officer of the unit. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He was killed in 1946 when the Dakota of 435 Squadron RCAF, BAFO (British Air Force of Occupation) he was a passenger in crashed during an approach to Croydon Airport in bad weather.

He is buried in Star Lane Cemetery, in St Mary Cray, Kent.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Grodzicki, Stanislaw - The War Graves Project". The War Graves Project. Retrieved 20 February 2015.


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