Capt. pilot
Wacław Iwaszkiewicz (1893–1963) — captain pilot of the Polish Army.
He graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in St Petersburg, after which he served in the Russian navy. In 1917 he completed training at the Naval Pilots’ School in St Petersburg. After 1918 he joined the aviation of the Polish Army, where he served in line and staff units and held command positions. He participated in the Polish-Bolshevik War, and then in the interwar period served in the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków and other aviation units. In the following years he held command positions in military aviation, among others in the 6th Aviation Regiment. During World War II he served in the Polish Air Force in the West, continuing his command and organisational activities in the structures of Polish aviation. He was decorated with, among others, the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Order and the Cross of Valour. After the war he remained in exile in Great Britain. He died in 1963 in London.
