Maj. observer
Stanisław Lechowicz (1890–1940) – major observer of the Polish Army, officer of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, victim of the Katyn massacre. He was born to the family of Franciszek and Zofia née Rut. In 1909 he passed his school-leaving examination in Przemyśl, after which he served during World War I in the Austro-Hungarian army in the 10th Infantry Regiment, reaching the rank of reserve lieutenant. In 1919 he was accepted into the Polish Army and assigned to aviation service, where he completed training at the Military Aviation School in Warsaw and the Advanced Piloting School. In 1921 he served in the Air Navigation Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and his home unit was the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1922 he was verified at the rank of major. In the 1920s he held technical and staff positions in aviation, including at the Military Aviation Research Centre and as commandant of the Main Airport. He was then transferred to the infantry corps and served in line units and military administration until his retirement in 1932. In 1939, following the Soviet invasion, he was arrested by the NKVD and interned at the camp in Starobilsk. In the spring of 1940 he was murdered in Kharkiv and buried in Pyatikhatki as part of the Katyn massacre. His name appears on the so-called NKVD Starobilsk List.
