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Janusz Żurakowski, ca. 2003., photo Bzuk, ok. 2003, Public domain
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Fotografia przedstawiająca Janusz Żurakowski
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Janusz Żurakowski

ID: OS-007301-P/149512

Janusz Żurakowski

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First name:

Janusz

Last Name:

Żurakowski

Crest:

Sas

Date of birth:

12-09-1914

Date of death:

09-02-2004

Age:

89

Profession:

officer, pilot, military

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari, Krzyż Komandorski Orderu Zasługi RP, Krzyż Walecznych (trzykrotnie)

Biography:

Janusz Żurakowski (1914-2004), Polish Polish Army pilot, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, test pilot. He graduated from the Air Force Reserve Officer Cadet School in 1935, and two years later from the Air Force Officer Cadet School in Dęblin. After his promotion, he was assigned to the 161st Fighter Squadron of the 6th Airborne Regiment in Lwów. He took part in the September campaign, then made his way to the UK and served in the Royal Air Force. From August 1940, he flew with the 234 Squadron of the RAF. During the Second World War, he scored 3 shoot downs, 1 probable and 1 damaged aircraft and thus ranked 75th on the so-called Bajan List. In 1952 he moved to Canada, where he died in 2004. He was decorated with, among others, the Order of Virtuti Militari and the Cross of Valour three times.

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Fotografia przedstawiająca Janusz Żurakowski
Janusz Żurakowski, ca. 2003., photo Bzuk, ok. 2003, Public domain

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