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Garby-Czerniawski, Roman "Brutus"

Date of birth:
February 6th, 1910 (Touste, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
April 26th, 1985 (London, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
Polish War Graves Newark-on-Trent
Service number:
P-2554
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
July 27th, 1945
As a former officer of the Polish Air Force, he volunteered to create an allied espionage network in France in 1940. He set it up with Mathilde Carré who recruited the agents; some French declined to work for a Pole. This network was code-named Interallie. This would eventually become the largest espionage grouping in occupied France.

No. 9238
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Pilot Wing

No. 851
Observer Wing

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