Wiktor Komorowski

Wiktor Komorowski was born in 1887. In the years 1914 to 1916, he shot down six enemy planes.

In 1917, he joined the Polish I Corps in Russia, was arrested by Bolsheviks, and then became a Soviet aviator. From 1 August 1919, Komorowski served in the Polish Air Force. He took part in the Kiev offensive (1920) with the 4th Escadrille and became commander of his unit. In 1920, he was given command of the 36th Escadrille and received command of the Officer Flying School in Grudziądz. In 1928, he went to the reserves. During World War II, he was interned in Romania and returned to Poland in 1946.

On 16 April 1951, Komorowski was arrested and accused of illegal possession of firearms and of failure to inform the authorities about an illegal border crossing by his son Bogdan and by Włodzimierz Turski. On 19 November 1951, Komorowski was sentenced by the military court to 18 months imprisonment and jailed in the Wrocław prison.

Komorowski died in unexplained circumstances on 23 August 1952.^[4]

• Kirszak, Jerzy; Komorowski, Jerzy; Szwagrzyk, Krzysztof. Portret malowany historią. Dzieje rodziny Komorowskich (IPN ed.).
• http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/pl/229/8585/Portret_malowany_historia_Dzieje_rodziny_Komorowskich.html Archived 16 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine