Stanisław Komornicki

Stanisław Komornicki
Born	(1924-07-26)July 26, 1924 Warsaw, Poland
Died	April 10, 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 85)
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Second World War (Warsaw Uprising, Battle of Kolberg)
Awards

Stanisław Komornicki (26 July 1924 – 10 April 2010) was a Brigadier General in the Polish Army and the Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari. He was born in Warsaw. He was a Polish underground activist (pseudonym: Nałęcz), a member of underground Scouting (Szare Szeregi), a Soldier of Armia Krajowa, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising, an Officer of the Polish First Army, a participant in the Battle of Kolberg, a writer, and a military historian.

He was listed on the flight manifest of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

Honours and awards

Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari

Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2005)

Cross of Grunwald, Third Class

Partisan Cross

Armia Krajowa Cross

Silver Medal for merit in the Field of Glory

Medal for participation in a defensive war in 1939

Warsaw Medal 1939-1945

Medal for Odra, Nysa, Baltic Sea

Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945

Award of the Minister of National Defence (1964, for a book on the barricades of Warsaw)