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Ksawery Piniński (1896–1959) – lieutenant colonel pilot-observer of the Polish Army, officer of the Polish Air Force in exile, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment. During World War I he served in the Austro-Hungarian army. In 1918 he reported to the Polish Army, and in 1919 was assigned to aviation, where he served in the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron. He took part in the Polish-Bolshevik War as an aerial observer. In the interwar period he underwent pilot training and served in successive reconnaissance squadrons, including the 14th Reconnaissance Squadron. In 1925 he assumed command of the 23rd Squadron within the structures of the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1939 he was assigned to diplomatic-military service in France. After the fall of France he held liaison functions on the staff of the French Army, and subsequently in Allied structures in the RAF from 1942 to 1945. After the war he remained in exile in Canada. He died in 1959 in Montreal.
