Capt. pilot
Kazimierz Jarzębiński (1897–1957) – captain pilot of the Polish Army, later an officer of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. During World War I he served in the Polish Legions in the 2nd and 4th Infantry Regiments, where he was taken prisoner by the Russians in 1915. After Poland regained independence he joined the Polish Army, initially serving in the infantry (1st Podhale Rifles Regiment), before transferring to aviation. In 1923 he began service in the 3rd Aviation Regiment in Poznań, where he soon took command of the 15th Fighter Squadron (later the 112th Squadron). In 1924 he was promoted to captain. In subsequent years he held command positions in the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, including the 21st and 26th Squadrons and the II/2 Line Group. In 1932 he served in a diplomatic capacity as assistant military attaché in Paris. In 1939 he served at the Aviation Officer Cadet School in Warsaw. After the September Campaign he made his way to Great Britain, where he served in the Polish Air Force and No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF. He remained in exile and died in 1957; he was buried in Sanderstead (Surrey).
