Capt. observer
Antoni Kłosiński (1904–1943). Captain observer of the Polish Army, officer of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain, commander of the 22nd Bomber Squadron, World War II participant. In 1925 he was sent to the Aviation Officer School in Grudziądz, which he completed in 1927 as an observer (1st class, 37th in ranking) in the rank of sergeant officer cadet observer. He was assigned to the 21st Line Squadron of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1928 he was promoted to second lieutenant, in 1931 to first lieutenant, and in 1937 to captain. From September 1934 he served as commandant of the Military-Aviation Pre-Training at the Kraków Aero Club. From 1935 to 1937 he commanded Platoon I/26. From 23 October 1937 to 31 December 1938 he was commander of the 22nd Bomber Squadron of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. From 1938 to 1939 he attended the 3rd Course at the Higher Aviation School in Warsaw. After the September Campaign of 1939 he made his way through Romania and France to Great Britain, where he joined the RAF. Initially he served in ground duties, then underwent training as an air gunner (18 OTU) and was assigned to No. 301 Squadron. From 1942 to 1943 he also trained as a navigator at No. 5 Air Observers School and again at 18 OTU.
On 22 May 1943 he took off from RAF Finningley in a Wellington BJ656 on a training flight. The aircraft broke up in mid-air over Swanbourne; the entire crew was killed. He was buried at Halton cemetery.
