# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-zumbach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:28:47.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-zumbach"
name: "Jan Zumbach"
slug: "jan-zumbach"
description: "Jan Eugeniusz Ludwik Zumbach was a Polish-Swiss fighter pilot who became an ace and squadron commander during the Second World War. During the Cold War, he became a mercenary in Africa and played a key role in forming the air forces of the breakaway states of Katanga and Biafra."
tagline: "Royal Air Force flying ace (1915–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Zumbach.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1915-04-14"
deathDate: "1986-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.879565333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jan_Zumbach"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%97%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85"
    title: "Ян Зумбах"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zumbach"
    title: "Jean Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zumbach"
    title: "Jan Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zumbach"
    title: "Jan Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Zumbach"
    title: "Jean Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%83%8F"
    title: "ヤン・ズムバッハ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zumbach"
    title: "Jan Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Zumbach"
    title: "Jan Zumbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Зумбах, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2053268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump