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NOTE: KIA = Killed In Action. WIA = Wounded In Action. KIFA = Killed in Flying Accident. = Jewish as per jewishvirtuallibrary.org
Fate In Battle is date of incident between July 10 1940 and October 31 1940. Fate After Battle is date of death after the Battle


The Battle of Britain clasp (worn on the 1939-45 Star – or a silver gilt rosette if medal ribbons only are worn) is restricted to aircrew from 71 defined units
of RAF Fighter Command, Coastal Command or the Fleet Air Arm, who flew at least one operational sortie between 00:01 July 10 1940 and 23:59 October 31 1940.

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Readers are referred to the following sites which we have used to cross-check information and we acknowledge and thank them as respected sources for some of the material in this database:
VintageWings.ca: comprehensive listing of artworks
bbm.org: Comprehensive listing of RAF personnel and service records
Wikipedia: Life stories of leading pilots and crew
AircrewRemembered Paradie Canadian Archive Database: 45,000 Service Records of RCAF personnel
AircrewRemembered Allied Losses and Incidents Database: Covering 120,000+ Allied aircrew 1939 - 1945
AircrewRemembered Archiwum: specialist database with details of Polish personnel (in Polish)
AircrewRemembered Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: 31,000 Luftwaffe pilot and crew details
AircrewRemembered LOST: Rob Philips Memorial Archive: Dutch losses in Europe
bel-memorial.org: Comprehensive site on Belgian aircrew


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1 MarkiewiczAntoni LucjanSgt793546PAFPolish302Sqn Polish
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Hurricane3.5Survived war2005-04-30Born on 13th January 1915 at Sandomierz in eastern Poland. 1931 Polish Air Force NCOs School at Bydgoszcz, qualifying in 1934 as an Aircraft Mechanic. Air Force Officers Training Centre at Sadkow and posted to 22 Bomber Eskadra, 2nd Air Force Regiment, Kraków. In 1936 to Grudziadz Training Centre for an advanced fighter-pilot course. Transferred to 122 Fighter Eskadra. On 1st September 1939 Markiewicz destroyed a Hs126 at 6am after a long chase. The claim to have shot down the first German aircraft in the war is usually accepted to be that of Wladyslaw Gnys however his destruction of two Do17's is believed to have taken place at 7am and if Markiewicz’s Hs126 was destroyed an hour earlier he undoubtedly achieved the first aerial victory of the war. Markiewicz destroyed a Ju87 on 2nd September near the River Vistula. The next day Markiewicz attacked a He111 which then made a forced-landing after one engine stopped. On 17th September Markiewicz flew to Romania, reached France via Beirut and joined Groupe de Chasse I/145. Based at Dreux in the defence of Paris. On 9th June 1940 Markiewicz shared in the destruction of a Do17. After the French collapse, he reached North Africa and eventually England. RAFVR as an AC2. On 1st June 1940 he was at the Polish Wing at 3 School of Technical Training Blackpool. He joined 302 Squadron at Leconfield on 6th August 1940 as a Sergeant. 13th September went to Duxford with a 302 detachment to operate with the Bader 'Big Wing'. The attachment ceased on 25th September and the 302 pilots and planes returned to Leconfield. He claimed a Me109 as probably destroyed on 26th October. Practicing low-level attacks in Hurricane V6753 in foggy weather over the Channel on 10th February 1941 Markiewicz’s engine failed at 800 feet and his radiator struck the sea. Forced-landing at Morrels Farm, Lagness in Sussex but crashed in Hurricane V6753. Hospital for nearly a year. Markiewicz lost operational category and on 3rd February 1942 he joined No. 1 ADU at Croydon. Went to 2 FIS Montrose on 29th July 1942 for an instructors course, after which he was posted to 16 FTS Newton. On 1st May 1943 Markiewicz was sent to the Officers Cadet School in Scotland and at the end of the course he went to the PAF Depot at Blackpool, where he began a course in radio engineering. In late November 1945 Markiewicz was released from the PAF, as a Warrant Officer. Settled in Britain, changed his name to AL Martin and became a radio and television engineer, later managing his own workshop. Died in Rustington West Sussex UK
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