Łagiewski Aleksander

Aleksander Łagiewski (1900–1936) – captain pilot of the Polish Army. He was born in Warsaw to the family of Teofil and Maria Antonina Łagiewski. He completed secondary school in Warsaw. After Poland regained independence he volunteered for the Polish Army. From 10 March to 1 October 1919 he was a student at the Officer Cadet School in Warsaw. On 6 November 1919 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry and assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment, in whose ranks he took part in the Polish-Bolshevik War, where he was wounded. He was promoted to first lieutenant of infantry with seniority from 1 December 1920. From 1923 to 1924 he served in the 21st Infantry Regiment. In the first half of 1926 he transferred to aviation and was verified at the rank of aviation first lieutenant. He served successively in the 3rd Aviation Regiment in Poznań, the 11th Fighter Regiment in Lida, the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków and the 1st Aviation Regiment in Warsaw, where he served as commander of the training squadron. In 1934 he was promoted to captain. He was considered a very good fighter pilot. On 16 July 1936 he was killed in an air crash in the Bay of Gdańsk near Gdynia-Orłowo, while flying an RWD-9 aircraft (No. “263 SP–DRC”) together with Gen. Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer and Lt. Col. Stefan Loth. All passengers were killed. He was buried on 21 July 1936 at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.