Capt. pilot
Ludwik Mołata (1918–1967) – captain pilot of the Polish Army, officer of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain, bomber pilot of No. 305 “Wielkopolska and Lidz” Bomber Squadron. He was associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. After completing his pre-war flying training he was assigned to the 24th Reconnaissance Squadron of the “Kraków” Army, where he flew combat and reconnaissance sorties in September 1939. After the Soviet invasion of Poland on 17 September 1939 he evacuated to Romania, from where he made his way through the Balkans and France to Great Britain. He joined the Polish Air Force and was assigned to No. 305 Bomber Squadron, where he flew Wellington aircraft on combat missions over Germany. He took part in many combat missions, including over Hamburg and Hanover, during which his crew repeatedly returned in damaged aircraft. After his combat tour he also served as an instructor at RAF operational training units. In subsequent years he served in transport and special RAF units flying various intercontinental routes. After the end of the war he settled permanently in Canada, where he died in 1967.
