Maj. pilot
Stanisław Jasiński (1891–1932). Staff-qualified colonel pilot of the Polish Army, one of the most distinguished Polish aviators of the interwar period. He was affiliated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1908 he passed his secondary school leaving examination at the Realschule in Kołomyja, and then studied at the Mining Academy in Leoben. Between 1912 and 1914 he was a member of the Polish Rifle Squads. On 1 August 1914 he was called up to the 1st Uhlan Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian army. In August 1915 he completed the Reserve Cavalry Officer School, and in May 1916 the aerial observer school in Wiener Neustadt. From December 1916 to March 1918 he flew as an observer on the front, after which he completed basic pilot training and fighter pilot school in Sarajevo, assuming command of the 37th Fighter Aviation Company. After Poland regained independence in 1918 he joined the Polish Army. At the Rakowice airfield near Kraków he organised the 1st Combat Squadron (later the 5th Aviation Squadron), which he commanded until January 1920. He then served as commander of the 3rd Aviation Group, and from March to August 1920 was deputy head of Department III of Air Navigation at the Ministry of Military Affairs, simultaneously serving as head of Organisational Section I. After the war he served as chief of aviation at the Supreme Command of the Polish Army, where he advocated expansion of military aviation. In 1922 he completed an advanced course at the Higher War School, obtaining the title of General Staff officer. He was affiliated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1924 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and in 1925 became aviation commissioner in Section IV of the General Staff. After three months he was transferred to the reserve at his own request. In 1928 he returned to active service as deputy commander of the 6th Aviation Regiment in Lwów. He then served as training inspector of the Aeronautics Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, first deputy head of the Aeronautics Department, and commander of the 3rd Aeronautical Group. In 1932 he was promoted to colonel. He was killed on 10 August 1932 in a car accident in Nowy Sącz.
