Skorobohaty Ignacy

Ignacy Skorobohaty (1898–1942) – major pilot and observer of the Polish Army, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, officer of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain. After joining the Polish Army he was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, in which he participated in the Polish-Bolshevik War, flying reconnaissance and ground-attack sorties against Red Army forces. In 1922 he was assigned to the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, and subsequently served in the 1st Aviation Regiment in Warsaw and the 3rd Aviation Regiment in Poznań. In the 1930s he frequently changed assignments, holding command and training positions. From 1937 to 1938 he attended the 2nd Course of the Higher Aviation School in Warsaw. After the outbreak of World War II he made his way to Great Britain, where he joined the RAF (service number P-1455). He served in No. 304 Bomber Squadron, and subsequently in RAF Coastal Command, flying patrol missions over the Atlantic. He went missing on 1 November 1942 during a mission over the Bay of Biscay in a Vickers Wellington R1716, together with the entire crew. His body was never found.