Name, Bolesław Własnowolski
Age, 23
Rank, Pilot Officer
Nationality, Polish
Aircraft, Hurricane
Crash Date, 1 November 1940
Memorial Site, Stoughton
Age, 23
Rank, Pilot Officer
Nationality, Polish
Aircraft, Hurricane
Crash Date, 1 November 1940
Memorial Site, Stoughton
Bolesław Własnowolski (29 November 1916 – 1 November 1940) was a Polish flying ace credited with four individual and one shared victories in WW2.
Własnowolski was a pilot for the Polish Air Force in the campaign of 1939, flying with 122 Eskadra during the conflict, claiming a Dornier Do. 17 shared destroyed on 2 September.
Escaping to the West, he then served with the Royal Air Force, flying Hurricanes with No. 32 Squadron from 8 August to 13 September before a posting to No.607 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. He claimed a Bf 109 on 15 August, and a Do. 17 shared ( of KG 76) and a Bf. 109 (of JG 26) on 18 August Another Do. 17 was claimed on 15 September, and two days later he joined No. 213 Squadrons.
He was shot down and killed in combat with Bf 109s over Portsmouth on 1 November 1940, and is buried in Chichester, England.
There is a poignant memorial to Własnowolski, by the side of the path to Kingley Vale from Stoughton, next to the field where his Hurricane crashed in November 1940.
Własnowolski was a pilot for the Polish Air Force in the campaign of 1939, flying with 122 Eskadra during the conflict, claiming a Dornier Do. 17 shared destroyed on 2 September.
Escaping to the West, he then served with the Royal Air Force, flying Hurricanes with No. 32 Squadron from 8 August to 13 September before a posting to No.607 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. He claimed a Bf 109 on 15 August, and a Do. 17 shared ( of KG 76) and a Bf. 109 (of JG 26) on 18 August Another Do. 17 was claimed on 15 September, and two days later he joined No. 213 Squadrons.
He was shot down and killed in combat with Bf 109s over Portsmouth on 1 November 1940, and is buried in Chichester, England.
There is a poignant memorial to Własnowolski, by the side of the path to Kingley Vale from Stoughton, next to the field where his Hurricane crashed in November 1940.