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Biographies, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

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Jachnik, Stanislaw
Russia, Poland
Lieutenant-Colonel
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Staff Officer, General Bortnowski’s Headquarters
French 82nd African Infantry Division
Head of Personnel, Headquarters
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Commanding Officer, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Born: October 31st, 1903, Ukraine, Soviet Union
Died: November 25th, 1970, London, Great Britain
Stanislaw Jachnik
Sosabowski, Stanisław Franciszek
Poland
Major General, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Austrian-Hungarian Army
Staff Officer, Poland
Commanding Officer, Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment
Deputy Commander, 3rd Podhale Rifles Regiment
Commanding Officer, 9th Polish Legions Infantry Regiment
Commanding Officer, 21st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer of Infantry, 4th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer, 4th Rifles Brigade
Commanding Officer, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Commanding Officer, Rearguard Troops
Born: May 8th, 1892
Died: September 25th, 1967
Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski
Officers
Ploszewski, W.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Commanding Officer, 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Tonn, M.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Commanding Officer, 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Tucker, W. D.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Commanding Officer, Airborne Signals Company, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Bielecki, J.
Major
Commanding Officer, Airborne Light Artillery Battery, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Malaszkiewicz, R.
Major
Chief of Staff, Headquarters, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Sobocinski, W.
Major
Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Budziszewski, B.B.
Captain
Commanding Officer, Airborne Engineers Company, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Glazurek, I.
Captain
Commanding Officer, 9th Parachute Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Killed in Action: September 24th, 1944
Mackowiak, A.
Captain
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, Artillery
Liaison Officer to 1st Airborne Division, Artillery
Wardzala, J.K.
Captain
Commanding Officer, Airborne Anti-Tank Battery, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Zwolanski, L.
Captain
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
GSO3 (Intelligence) Headquarters, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
GSO3 (Intelligence) Headquarters, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade to 1st Airborne Division Headquarters
Dyrda, J.
Lieutenant
Kaczmarek, S.
Lieutenant
Support Echelon, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Moździerz, J.
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer, Airborne Medical Company, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Pudelko, M.
Lieutenant
2nd in command of the 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Killed in Action: September 26th, 1944
Pronobis,
Lieutenant
Sawicki, S.
Lieutenant
Assistant Quartermaster, 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Smaczny, A.
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer, 8th Parachute Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Szczygiel,
Lieutenant
Airborne Engineers Company, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Krysik, A.
2nd Lieutenant
Liaison Officer, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade to 1st Airborne Division Headquarters
Kutrzeba, J.
Lieutenant
Commanding Officer, Airborne Mortar Platoon, 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Killed in Action: September 24th, 1944
Majewski, K.
2nd Lieutenant
Commanding Officer, Airborne Anti-Tank Platoon, 3rd Parachute Battalion, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
Tice, R.
Second Lieutenant
American volunteer
Commanding Officer, Platoon, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

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Chmielewski, V.
Private
Airborne Anti-Tank Battery
Killed in Action: September 22nd, 1944