Born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary he was the first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world for his record-breaking 577.8-kilometer flight on 18 May 1938 in a PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius).

In late August 1940, Góra served with the RAF's No 2 AACU before undertaking advanced training with 61 OTU at Heston.

In early 1943 Góra studied at the Infantry Cadet and Cavalry Academy in Scotland, and was promoted to pilot officer.

After the war, following research on Luftwaffe loss data, the aircraft was identified as a Bf 109 and classified as "destroyed."

Tadeusz Góra returned to Poland in 1948, as a senior instructor at the Żar Glider School near Żywiec.