Stanisław Skalski
Polish fighter ace and general (1915-2004) · Poland · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Stanisław Skalski, was a Polish aviator and fighter ace who served with the Polish Air Force and British Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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Skalski with Air Marshal Arthur Coningham (pictured left) and General Kazimierz Sosnkowski (pictured right).
A Mustang flown by Stanisław Skalski, Coolham, June 1944.
Stanisław Skalski after arrest by communist political police 1948
Stanisław Skalski's monument, Warsaw (Poland), 30 July 2006
Stanislaw Skalski on the tailfin of a Polish Mikoyan MiG-29 (2016)Awards
About this person
Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and chronologically the first Allied fighter ace of the war, credited, according to the Bajan's list, with 18 11/12 victories and two probable. Some sources, including Skalski himself, give a number of 22 11/12 victories.
Country
Poland
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2004 · aged 88
