Bolesław Własnowolski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bolesław Własnowolski

Polish flying ace

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1916

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1940

Profession: flying ace, air force officer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Boleslaw Andrzej Wlasnowolski (29 November 1916 – 1 November 1940) was a Polish flying ace credited with four individual and one shared victories in World War II.Wlasnowolski was a pilot for the Polish Air Force in the September Campaign of 1939, flying with 122 Eskadra during the conflict, claiming a Dornier Do.
17 shared destroyed on 2 September. Escaping to the West, he then served with the Royal Air Force, flying Hurricanes with No.
32, from 8 August to 13 September before a posting to No.
607 during the Battle of Britain.
He claimed a Bf 109 on 15 August, and a Do.
17 shared ( of KG 76) and a Bf.
109 (of JG 26) on 18 August.
Another Do.
17 was claimed on 15 September, and two days later he joined No.
213 Squadrons.He was shot down and killed in combat with Bf 109s over Portsmouth on 1 November 1940, and buried in Chichester, England.