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- Alf_Francis abstract "Alf Francis, also known as Alfons Kowaleski or Alphons Kowalewski was a soldier, motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor. He was born on June 18, 1918 in Danzig in West Prussia (which is now Poland) and died on June 28, 1983 in Oklahoma City in the United States. Francis left Poland during World War II for Portugal, then by sea to Liverpool in the UK, where he joined the Polish 1st Armoured Division. After World War II, he changed his nationality to British, and his name to Alf Francis. He became a racing mechanic for Stirling Moss and the Chief Mechanic at Rob Walker Racing Team.At Rob Walker Racing Team, he maintained many Grand Prix cars including Cooper-Climax and Lotus 18, and helped developing the team's own Formula 1 car called Walker Special. Working with Valerio Colotti of the transmission fame, he became a principal of Colotti-Francis, and moved to Italy.Later he was involved in the unsuccessful Derrington-Francis Formula One project. He subsequently emigrated to the USA, where he built cars for lower racing formulae.".
- Alf_Francis birthDate "1918-06-18".
- Alf_Francis birthPlace Poland.
- Alf_Francis birthYear "1918".
- Alf_Francis deathDate "1983-06-28".
- Alf_Francis deathPlace Oklahoma_City.
- Alf_Francis deathYear "1983".
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- Alf_Francis dateOfBirth "1918-06-18".
- Alf_Francis dateOfDeath "1983-06-28".
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- Alf_Francis name "Francis, Alf".
- Alf_Francis placeOfBirth "Gdańsk, Poland".
- Alf_Francis placeOfDeath "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma".
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- Alf_Francis subject Category:People_from_West_Prussia.
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- Alf_Francis comment "Alf Francis, also known as Alfons Kowaleski or Alphons Kowalewski was a soldier, motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor. He was born on June 18, 1918 in Danzig in West Prussia (which is now Poland) and died on June 28, 1983 in Oklahoma City in the United States. Francis left Poland during World War II for Portugal, then by sea to Liverpool in the UK, where he joined the Polish 1st Armoured Division.".
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- Alf_Francis name "Alf Francis".
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