Ignut Piotr

Piotr Ignut (1907–1953) — captain of the Polish Army aviation, engineer. In 1926 he began his studies at the Officers’ Aviation School in Grudziądz, which was subsequently relocated to Dęblin. After graduating from the school in 1929 he served in the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, and then in the 22nd Line Squadron. In 1930 he suffered a serious aviation accident. In 1932 he began studies at the Electrical Faculty of the Warsaw Polytechnic, which he completed in 1936. He then served as a technical officer of the 21st Line Squadron. In the interwar period he was associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1939 he served at the Aviation Technical Institute and held the rank of captain. He also obtained a tourist pilot’s licence. During the September Campaign of 1939 he fought in the defence of Warsaw. After the capitulation he was taken prisoner by the Germans and held in Oflag II A Prenzlau and Oflag II E Neubrandenburg. After the war, in 1945, he settled in Wrocław, where he took part in organising civil aviation. From 1946 he worked at PLL LOT as head of the Wrocław branch, and then as a representative in Stockholm. He died on 30 October 1953 in Wrocław.