Career
He fought during The Blitz in 1941 as a night fighter pilot with Number. 307 Polish Fighter Squadron, flying the Boulton Paul Defiant. From November 1940 to June 1941 he was also the commanding officer of the unit
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He was killed in 1946 when the Dakota of 435 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, BAFO (British Air Force of Occupation) he was a passenger in crashed during an approach to Croydon Airport in bad weather. He is buried in Star Lane Cemetery, in Street Mary Cray, Kent.