TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Boryczka, Adam

Date of birth:
September 18th, 1913 (Wierzchoslawice/Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
April 30th, 1988 (Warsaw/Mazowieckie, Poland)
Buried on:
Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Major Adam Boryczka was an army officer and resistance commander during the Second World War. He belonged to one of the elite special-operations paratroops called the Cichociemni.

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1946

No. 12546
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 8th, 1992

Posthumously awarded
Krzyz Czynu Bojowego Polskich Sil Zbrojnych na Zachodzie
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
2011

Posthumously awarded
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With swords
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Sources

Photos