Capt. pilot
Bolesław Godlewski (1920–1940) was a captain pilot of the Polish Army, an officer of the aviation of the Second Polish Republic. He was born on 11 June 1920 in Suwałki. He served in military aviation, among others in the 21st Bomber Squadron, one of the units of the Polish Army’s Bomber Brigade. Before the outbreak of World War II he held organisational positions at air bases, including those related to servicing and maintaining aviation infrastructure. He served in the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. During the September Campaign of 1939 he served in the structures of Air Bases, associated with the mobilisation and evacuation of the Polish Army’s aviation. After the Soviet invasion of Poland he was arrested by the NKVD. His name appears on the lists of victims of the Katyn massacre murdered in the spring of 1940 in Kharkiv. He was buried at the Polish War Cemetery in Kharkiv-Pyatikhatki.
