Stanisław Ujejski, 1940-1945., photo 1940-1945, Domaine public
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Stanisław Ujejski

ID: OS-007227-P/149429

Stanisław Ujejski

First name:

Stanisław

Last Name:

Ujejski

Date of birth:

14-11-1891

Place of birth:

Ropczyce

Date of death:

31-03-1981

Place od death:

Toronto

Age:

89

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Order Komandor z Gwiazdą Orderu Łaźni

Biography:

Stanisław Ujejski (1891-1981); brigadier general of the Polish Army. He studied at the Polytechnic in Bern, Switzerland. During the First World War, he was called up to the Imperial Royal Home Defence. He was listed in the military records as Stanislaus Ritter von Ujejski. In April 1918, he became a student at the Air School, and later served in the balloon troops. On 8 November 1918, he joined the Polish Army and received the rank of lieutenant. In 1926, he attended the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva as an aviation expert. He was assigned to the 2nd Aviation Regiment. At the Higher War College he was a lecturer in aviation tactics. On 3 January 1929, he was transferred to the Aviation Officers' Training Centre in Dęblin as commander, and in April 1933 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Aviation Group in Cracow, then transferred to the position of commander of the 1st Aviation Group in Warsaw. In 1937, he became Chief of the Air Staff at the General Staff. After the capitulation, he made his way through Romania to France, where he served as Deputy Commander of the Polish Air Force (PSP). Later, in the UK, he was the General Inspector of the PSP. After demobilisation, he left for Canada and settled with his family in Toronto. He was decorated with, among others, the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Order of Commander with Star of the Order of the Bath. He died in Toronto.

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Photo montrant Stanisław Ujejski
Stanisław Ujejski, 1940-1945., photo 1940-1945, Domaine public

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