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Banach, Wladyslaw

Date of birth:
June 15th, 1919 (Tarnowa, Poland)
Date of death:
December 12th, 1964 (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
Service number:
P-1673 / 784483
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Wladislaw Banach fled his country Poland after the German occupation. In England he joined the Royal Air Force in December 1941. He finally reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant. After the war, he joined the PAF and subsequently settled in Pakistan, where he died.

Career:
27th October 1942 - 9th December 1942: No. 41 Squadron.
Post war: Pakistan Air Force

"Flt. Lt. Wladyslaw Banach was my father’s first flight instructor in the Pakistan Air Force. I have my father’s very first log book with several entries in it with Flt. Lt. Banach as the instructor pilot." - S. Sami Sattar

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
No. 317 (Wilno) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
1944
Krzyz Walecznych

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