19.06.2012 - Zemřel poslední žíjící pilot Polské obranné války v září 1939 r.

17.June 2012 died in Pułtusku last surviving pilot of the Polish defensive war in September 1939, colonel - pilot Włodzimierz Gediminas.

He was born 23.6.1915 in Petersburg. The army entered after graduation in 1934 year. After the completion in 1937 of My flight school in Deblinu he was appointed an ensign pilot of the fighter specializations. He was relegated to 131. fighter squadron, which in September 1939 became part of the the Air force of the army "Poznan" and he was a commander of the swarm.

2. September 1939 shot down in the area of the village of Kornik exploratory Dorniera To 17F.
On the same day setřelil over Poznan Heinkela 111J B7+BA from Wettererkundungstaffel 1. His pilot Olt. Ernst Slyna and radiooperatér Uffz. Lötsch fell and the observer meteorologist Reg. Rat. Dr. Prügel together with the on-board mechanic Uffz. Hacklem fell into captivity.
6. September brought 131. fighter squadron combat aircraft of the Luftwaffe and Gediminas reported kill Heinkela He 111. Alone he was in this fight injured and after the successful landing was taken to the hospital in Warsaw.

After the surrender of Warsaw, was hiding under a false name and became involved in the resistance, he served in the Aviation department of the Main headquarters of the Provincial army. Ended the war in the rank of captain.

After the war he worked as a civilian pilot at PLL LOT. In 1950 he was from air force released on the wave of mass layoffs of war pilots. The flying came back only after October 1956. He retired in his 67 years.

Honor His Memory !!!.
19.06.2012 - Zemřel poslední žíjící pilot Polské obranné války v září 1939 r. - Jako stíhací pilot pravděpodobně v roce 1939.
Foto z: Pawlak, Jerzy: Wrzesień 1939 - Polskie eskadry w wojnie obronnej, Wydawnictwo Komunikacji i Łączności, Warszawa 1991, str. 86

Jako stíhací pilot pravděpodobně v roce 1939.
Foto z: Pawlak, Jerzy: Wrzesień 1939 - Polskie eskadry w wojnie obronnej, Wydawnictwo Komunikacji i Łączności, Warszawa 1991, str. 86

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