Rank
Service	
Born
Unit
Regiment
Date of death
Today buried
Grave

KALKUS Wacław Stanisław
ppor.
P 1905
14.6.1922 Warszawa 
R.A.F. Polish
138 Sqdn.
24.6.1943 Oostzaan, the Netherlands
"Nieuwe Ooster Begraafplaats" Amsterdam, the Netherlands 
69.B.20.

His father was gen. bryg. pil. Władysław Kalkus who greatly contributed 
to the development of the PAF in the interwar years and WW2. 
He flew as a pilot in the Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1920; then in the 
1930s was the Commander of the 1st Air Regiment. 
In 1939 he was appointed C-in-C of the PAF and later organized the 
evacuation of PAF personnel via Romania to France. 
General Kalkus survived his son's death but died before the end of the
war on 23.2.1945 at Blackpool.

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