Paweł Hur

Paul Hur
Paweł Hur
Native name
Paweł Hur
Born(1918-04-10)10 April 1918
Kyiv
Died7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 76)
Lincoln
AllegianceRoyal Air Force
Branch
Air Force
Service years
1940
Rank
Senior Sergeant
Unit301 Squadron
Battles/wars
World War II
Awardsstripe Virtuti Militari
Cross of Valour
Polish Air Force Medal

Paweł Hur (born April 10, 1918, in Kyiv, died September 7, 1994, in Lincoln) took part in the Battle of Britain in the 301 Squadron after completing the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin.[1]

The Wellington IV aircraft GR-P (Z1386) was shot down by anti-aircraft defenses during the night of August 5–6, 1942, while conducting a coastal mining operation near Lorient, and crashed into the sea. Paweł Hur was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans.[2] The people who fought alongside him during the battle were buried in Lorient.[3]

After the war, he settled in Lincoln, England.[4]

On November 11, 1966, Paweł Hur, as a pilot of the 301 Squadron, was collectively decorated with the Order Virtuti Militari.[5]

Paweł Hur is the son of Bazyli Hur and Marianna Siedzik. He is the grandson of Pawel Siedzik (11.11.1861 - 20.07.1912) and Aniela (1872-1951) (daughter of Eleonora Kiejno zd. Mackiewicz), and a paternal cousin of Danuta Siedzikówna, Wiesława Korzeń and Wiesław Grzebisz[6](14.04.1933-09.02.2023), the director of a factory PZL in Wrocław, awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ "Krzystek's List » Hur Paweł".
  2. ^ "Polish Air Force during World War II – Prisoners".
  3. ^ "Polish Air Force during World War II – Lorient".
  4. ^ "Blue Squadron".
  5. ^ "Knights of the Virtuti Militari Order".
  6. ^ Application for the Conferment of a Decoration – Decoration No. 927/84 Awarded by Resolution of the Council of State, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, 4.04.1984 [document in Polish]
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