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Adolf Pietrasiak was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 8 confirmed kills and one shared. ==Biography== Adolf Pietrasiak was born in Kośmin near Puławy. In 1932 he entered the Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors in Bydgoszcz. Four years later he was assigned to Polish 122nd Fighter Escadrille in Cracow. During the Invasion of Poland, on 6 September 1939 Pietrasiak's PZL P.11 was damaged by his own side's anti-aircraft guns. In the morning of 18 September he crossed the border with Romania, then he came to France. He served in the Kosiński section in Bourges. On 5 June 1940, flying a Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Pietrasiak claimed three victories shared. On 27 June 1940 he arrived in the UK and was posted to No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron then to No. 92 Squadron RAF. In July 1941 he downed 7 Bf 109. On 23 July he was transferred to No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron. On 19 August he was shot down over France, landing with a parachute he injured his leg. He came back to England via Spain and Gibraltar in November. From 24 August 1942 he flew in No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron. On 29 November 1943 Pietrasiak started with a Spitfire and never came back. Probably his plane crashed in the English Channel.〔 According to web.me.com his Spitfire IX MA584 collided with another plane during Ramrod 339 over Dunkirk.〕 His body was never found. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolf Pietrasiak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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