GALLANT AIRMEN
POLE AWARDED D.S.M. MANY PLANES DESTROYED (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON. Sept. 24 The D.S.M. has been awarded to Sergeant Jozef Frantisek, cf the Polish squadron of the Royal Air Force, the first Pole to win the British flying award. He destroyed five planes in a week. Flying-Officer Count Manfred Czernin, who was born in Berlin, has been awarded the D.F.C. He destroyed nine planes, three in ono action.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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72GALLANT AIRMEN Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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