Maj. pilot
Aleksander Brzazgacz (1895–1941) — major pilot of the Polish Army, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. He was born on 8 November 1895 in Pisarzowa near Nowy Sącz. During World War I, from 1914, he served in the Polish Legions in the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Polish Legions. During this period he was treated at St Lazarus Hospital in Kraków, and at the turn of 1914 and 1915 he passed his external secondary school examinations in Żywiec. After 1918 he served in the Polish Army, developing his career in aviation. Verified as a captain pilot (1 June 1919), he was promoted on 15 August 1924 to major pilot. In 1925–1926 he was commandant of the aviation park of the 2nd Aviation Regiment. He then served in the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and in 1932 he was abroad on study leave. From 1933 he was head of the Aviation Technical Research Institute in Warsaw, then deputy head for factories in the Aviation Supply Directorate (from 1934, in the rank of lieutenant colonel pilot). In September 1939 he was evacuated to France and then to Great Britain. Despite volunteering for combat flights, due to his age he served at the 38th Aviation Supply Unit in Llandow. He died on 4 November 1941 as a result of an aircraft malfunction and was buried at the St Martin’s Cemetery in Haverfordwest.
