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Medal Lotniczy za Wojne 1939-1945

This medal was instituted in 1945. It was awarded to personnel of the Polish Air Forces in active duty during the Second World War.
The 36 mm in diameter medal is silver with a so called French Ball suspension ring. In the centre of the medal the Polish Air Force insignia can be found. This is enamelled in red and white. This insignia is surrounded by an oak leaf wreath. On the reverse the words "POLSKA SWEMU OBRONCY" can be found, also surrounded by an oak leaf wreath. The ribbon is pale blue with a white stripe on each edge of the ribbon.
The medal could be awarded four times. Each additional awarding was noted with the addition of a clasp with oak leafs on the ribbon.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Misiag, Walerian Wiktor20-07-191330-06-1943
Milewski, Wojciech21-10-191326-04-1945
Malinowski, Antoni01-03-189922-11-1944
Mikos, Włodzimierz Jerzy16-07-191725-06-1942
Mrozinski, Józef11-03-192002-03-1945
Makarski, Leopold21-11-192122-06-1943
Miondlikowski, Alfons06-03-190717-08-1941
Majewski, Rudolf10-06-191727-08-1944
Mucha, Stanislaw Jozef24-12-191211-09-1944
Madracki, Czeslaw20-07-190821-04-1942
Modro, Zygmunt03-12-191503-02-1945more
Mühln, Adam29-09-191827-08-1944
Misiak, Ludwik Henryk19-11-191315-09-1943more
Mondschein, Jerzy Tomasz18-03-190929-03-1944
Migos, Feliks Marcin02-10-191918-08-1944
Matusiak, Czeslaw21-09-190612-02-1942
Majewski, Edward18-07-191617-08-1941
Mielnik, Michal03-10-191715-10-1942
Macierzyński, Karol31-10-191528-12-1944
Majer, Teodor Tadeusz24-09-191828-12-1944
Müller, Wiktor25-05-191528-12-1944
Mlynarski, Edward Jerzy22-12-190013-04-1942
Matuszewski, Franciszek23-01-191817-01-1945
Meller, Jozef Alojzy20-12-192023-06-1942
Malak, Waclaw Jozef27-01-191003-05-1941
Michalik, Waclaw Stanislaw06-10-191023-06-1942
Mudry, Wlodzimierz Miroslaw29-04-191700-06-1988
Mazgaj, Piotr18-02-191829-06-1943
Martyniec, Józef Kazimierz19-03-191715-08-1943
Mierzwa, Boguslaw14-03-191816-04-1941
Marszałek, Zbigniew Józef23-05-191916-05-1944
Markiewicz, Antoni Lucjan13-01-191530-04-2005more
Marecki, Jan09-10-192017-08-1944
Musial, Jan05-07-191024-07-1941
Musial, Jan Wladyslaw27-07-191513-02-1942
Malejka, Brunon10-05-191717-08-1944
Michalski, Ludwik11-07-191820-06-1942
Martens, Edward Wladyslaw08-08-192013-06-1982
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper12-02-191201-05-1982more
Miksa, Wlodzimierz Janusz27-09-191520-08-1999more
Malczyk, Stanislaw21-01-191615-08-1944
Machowiak, Marcin07-04-191622-07-1944more
Madracki, Jan17-01-191603-08-1944
Miedzybrodzki, Leslaw Roman24-03-191218-01-2001
Mochnacki, Zygmunt Jan24-06-191806-11-1944more
Mroczko, Tadeusz25-07-192028-08-1944
Markiewicz, Andrzej14-04-191007-05-1943
Mikolajczak, Antoni07-12-190219-11-1952more
Maisner, Aleksander26-07-192121-12-2008
Malenczuk, Julian Antoni16-02-191411-08-1952
Mielnicki, Jerzy Andrzej Wojciech05-05-192420-02-1945
Mielnik, Michal01-04-1923 
Mondschein, Jan Wincenty28-01-1912 

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