1st Lt. observer
Jan Teofil Waciński (1912–1975) – captain observer of the Polish Army and the Polish Armed Forces, Knight of the War Order of Virtuti Militari, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. He was born on 10 March 1912 in Bodzentyn. Before the war he served as an aerial observer in the 23rd Observation Squadron, where he held duties in aerial reconnaissance. After 1939 he made his way to the Polish Armed Forces in the West and continued service in the Polish Air Force within the RAF structures. He took part in combat operations over Western Europe, flying reconnaissance and operational support missions. For his combat service he was decorated with the Silver Cross of the War Order of Virtuti Militari. After the war he remained in exile, and subsequently settled in Sulejówek. He died on 9 March 1975.
