Stanislaw Skalski

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Stanislaw Skalski
Stanislaw Skalski on the vertical stabilizer of a MiG-29 of the Polish Air Force (2016)

Stanisław Skalski (born November 27, 1915 in Kodyma , † November 12, 2004 in Warsaw ) was a Polish fighter pilot and officer in the Polish Air Force during World War II .

Stanisław Skalski was the most successful Polish fighter pilot in World War II. He fought first in September 1939, then as a Royal Air Force pilot in the Battle of Britain , in North Africa and finally on the Western Front in France. He achieved a total of 20 confirmed and 2 unconfirmed aerial victories and was awarded Virtuti Militari , Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross , among others .

After the war he returned to Poland in 1947 and was again active in the Polish Air Force. In 1948 Skalski was arrested by the communist regime and charged with espionage . From October 1948 to July 1949 he was ill-treated and subjected to several interrogations and finally sentenced to death in 1950 . In the following year, however, he was pardoned, released in 1956 and rehabilitated. He then worked again in the Polish Air Force, but no longer as a pilot, but in the office. In 1988 he was promoted to brigadier general.

In 1957 his book "Czarne krzyże nad Polską" ( Black Crosses over Poland ) was published. In 1986 Jacek Bławut made the documentary Cyrk Skalskiego about Skalski.

literature

  • Franciszek Grabowski: Stanislaw Skalski. Top scoring Polish WWII ace. Redbourn, Mushroom Model Publications, 2007. ISBN 83-89450-11-9 .
  • Katarzyna Ochabska: Stanisław Skalski. Gliwice 2007. ISBN 1-90494-305-5

Web links

Commons : Stanisław Skalski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Stanislaw Skalski . Times Online. November 15, 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ wiadomosci.pl Pogrzeb asa polskiego lotnictwa. ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated November 19, 2004 (Polish, accessed June 23, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wiadomosci.wp.pl
  3. ↑ Ulice Twojego miasta (accessed in Polish on June 23, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Skalski, Stanislaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish fighter pilot and officer in the Polish Air Force in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Kodyma
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2004
Place of death Warsaw