Stanisław Komornicki
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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.
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Stanisław Komornicki | |
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Born | (1924-07-26)26 July 1924 Warsaw, Poland |
Died | 10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 85) Smolensk, Russia |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | Second World War (Warsaw Uprising, Battle of Kolberg) |
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He was listed on the flight manifest[1] 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.