Biography
k-Nowicki, Frank b. October 25, 1903, Natrona, Pennsylvania; Polish American; Father Franisek Nowicki (1869-1913), mother Rosalia Reczynski (1877-1933); Electrician; CP 1932; Received Passport# 497344 on February 10, 1938 which listed his address as 3013 Belmont, Hamtrack, Michigan; Arrived in Spain via Massanet on March 6, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Rank Soldado; Reported MIA April 1, 1938, Gandesa, during the Retreats.Siblings: brothers Wladislaw Walter Nowicki (1895-1964), Leon Francis Nowicki, Sr. (1897-1984), Edward “Pete” Nowicki (1899-1960), sisters Anna Marie Nowicki (1906-1908), and Adele Rosella “Tillie” Nowicki (1913-1995).
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; BN 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 956, ll. 42; USSDA; L-W Tree Ancestry. Code A
Photograph: Frank Nowicki, Passport Photograph, 1938.