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Kotorowicz, Stanislaw "Crown"

Date of birth:
May 10th, 1916 (Lublin, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
May 19th, 1943 (Poland)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Lieutenant Stanislaw Kotorowicz was part of the Cichociemni; special trained paratroopers who were tasked with providing support to the Polish resistance. He died of his wounds on 19 or 20 May 1943, after a rescue operation of prisoners in Celestyno. The operation resulted in the liberation of 49 prisoners.

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Sources

  • - Łukomski & Polak, Kawalerowie Virtuti Militari 1792 - 1945 (1997)

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