2nd Lt. observer
Władysław Żupnik (1909–1939) – first lieutenant observer of the Polish Army, associated with the 2nd Aviation Regiment in Kraków. He served in the 22nd Bomber Squadron, operating within the aviation structures of the Polish Army in the interwar period. During the September Campaign of 1939 he flew combat sorties on PZL.23 “Karaś” aircraft as an observer. On 3 September 1939 he took part in a combat flight over the Radomsko–Pławno area, with the mission of bombing German armoured columns. The aircraft was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire near the village of Wojciechów. The entire crew was killed. He was buried in a collective grave at the cemetery in Olesno.
