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Marian Bełc was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 7 confirmed kills and one shared. ==Biography== Marian Bełc graduated from pilot training at Lublinek air base near Łódź. On 2 November 1934 he was assigned to the 143rd Fighter Escadrille in Toruń. In autumn 1937 he was transferred to the Polish 152nd Fighter Escadrille in Wilno. During the Invasion of Poland Bełc shot down his first plane, on 3 September a Bf 109. After the Soviet invasion of Poland he was evacuated to France via Romania. He served in the Krasnodębski section of the Groupe de Chasse et de Défense I/55 under the command of Zdzisław Krasnodębski.〔 *〕 In the same unit served two other Polish aces: Jan Zumbach and Stanisław Karubin. After the capitulation of France he came to the UK. All pilots of the Krasnodębski section were posted to the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron. In the Battle of Britain Bełc downed 5 German planes. On 15 April 1941 married Audrey Stephenson, their son Marian Edward was born on 27 October 1941.〔(picture of Bełc's wife and son )〕 In 1942 Bełc became an instructor in 58 OTU. On 27 August 1942, in a training flight with a British pilot their plane crash-landed. Both pilots were killed. 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「Marian Bełc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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