What is Franciszek Kornicki?
{{Infobox military person |name = Franciszek Kornicki |image = Kornicki s.jpg |image_size = 240px |alt = |nationality = {{flagcountry|POL}} |caption = Franciszek Kornicki, 1943 |birth_date = {{birth date|1916|12|18|df=yes}} |birth_place = Vereshin, [[Lublin Governorate]], [[Vistula Land]], [[Russian Empire]]<br><small>(now [[Wereszyn]], [[Poland]])</small> |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|11|16|1916|12|18|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Worthing]], [[England]] |allegiance= {{flagcountry|Second Polish Republic}}<br/>{{Flagcountry|French Third Republic}}<br/>{{UK}} |serviceyears=1939–1972 |rank = [[Polkovnik|Pułkownik]] (Polish Air Force)<br>[[Squadron Leader]] (RAF) |branch= {{plainlist| *{{air force|Poland}} *[[File:Roundel of the French Air Force before 1945.svg|20px]] [[French Air Force]] *{{air force|UK}} }} |commands=[[No. 308 Squadron RAF|308 Squadron]] (1943) [[No. 317 Squadron RAF|317 Squadron]] (1943) |battles= {{plainlist| *[[World War II]] }} |awards= {{plainlist| *[[Virtuti Militari]] *[[Krzyż Walecznych|Polish Cross of Valour]] (with two bars) }} }} '''Franciszek Kornicki''' (18 December 1916 – 16 November 2017) was a Polish fighter pilot. He served in the [[Polish Air Force]] in Poland, France and Britain during the [[Second World War]] and later served in the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF). Kornicki died just a few weeks short of his 101st birthday in [[Worthing]], [[England]] of a [[heart attack]].<ref>[https://www.wprost.pl/kraj/10087069/zmarl-franciszek-kornicki-weteran-walk-powietrznych-w-wielkiej-brytanii.html Zmarł Franciszek Kornicki, weteran walk powietrznych w Wielkiej Brytanii] {{in lang|pl}}</ref> He was the last surviving Polish fighter squadron commander from the Second World War. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Biographical sketch (this contains some inaccuracies) [http://www.aviationart.pl/signatures/kornicki.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629115636/http://aviationart.pl/signatures/kornicki.htm |date=2010-06-29 }} *