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Władysław Toruń (1889–1924) – lieutenant colonel observer of the Polish Army, engineer, pioneer of Polish military aviation, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. In 1911 he began service in the Austro-Hungarian navy, where he trained on the cruiser “Sankt Georg”. During World War I he served in naval aviation, completing an aerial observer course in 1916. In October 1918 he participated in the seizure of the airfield at Lewandówka in Lwów, which was significant for the beginnings of Polish military aviation. After Poland regained independence he co-created the structures of military aviation. He served in the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków, and from 1922 to 1923 was head of the Central Aviation Workshops in Warsaw, contributing to the technical development of aviation. He was killed on 9 August 1924 in an air crash in Warsaw. He was buried at the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów.
