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Ludwik Paszkiewicz DFC was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 6 confirmed kills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lista Bajana )〕 ==Biography== Ludwik Paszkiewicz was born in 1907, he was the son of Ludwik and Janina. He studied at the Warsaw University of Technology then at the Lviv Polytechnic. In 1931 after his graduation he began military service. After completing Cadet Reserve course in Mołodeczno, Paszkiewicz entered the Polish Air Force Academy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Myśliwcy - polskie lotnictwo myśliwskie w II Wojnie Światowej )〕 On 4 August 1934 he became second lieutenant (''podporucznik''). Then he was assigned to the Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille. In 1937 he was promoted lieutenant (''porucznik''), in the same year he married Maria Piwnicka, one later their daughter was born.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aeroplane. )〕 In 1939 he became commander of his unit, in August he went to France with a military mission in order to buy aircrafts, where the outbreak of the World War II found him. On 18 May 1940 Paszkiewicz became commander of the new formed section of the Groupe de Chasse II/8. In the Battle of Britain the section realized 33 flights but never met ennemies. On 21 June 1940 He arrived in the UK. On 2 August he was posted to the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. On 30 August 1940 during a training flight he disobeyed orders and shot down a Me 110. He was officially reprimanded and unofficially congratulated by his superior officer. After S/L Kellet's personal recommendation, the squadron was declared operational next day by No. 11 Group RAF. The Paszkiewicz's victory was presented in the movie Battle of Britain. On 6 September he became the commander of Flight B, when Wacław Łapkowski, the previous commander was wounded. The next day Paszkiewicz scored two Do 17. On 11 September he shot down another Bf 110 and on 15 September he became an ace shooting down a Bf 109. On 26 September, during the visit of King George VI, No. 303 Squadron was scrambled towards a large enemy raid over Hampshire, Paszkiewicz claimed a He 111. On 27 September Paszkiewicz was hit by a Bf 109 and died in a crash-landing in Borough Green. His only daughter died on diphtheria in 1941. His widow took part in Warsaw Uprising, in 1960 she entered the convent of the Immaculate Conception in Szymanów, where she was named Augustyna. She died in 1995 . 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「Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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