Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 18.02.1941 |
| Birthplace: | Olchowiec / lubelskie |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 29.10.1978 |
| Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) |
| Status: | Ret. 27.11.1978 |
| Day of death: | 12.12.1980 |
| Place of death: | Goleniow near Szczecin |
Additional information
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Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force (commander of
the airforce regiment in Goleniow); was among the last five Polish candidates
for a
Soyuz mission; first class pilot; master of science
from the Aviation Faculty of the General Staff Academy in Warsaw;
Ph.D. from the General Staff Academy in Warsaw. 1979;
was killed on December 12, 1980 in the crash of a MiG-21 during a training
flight. |
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