The Smolensk air disaster, included Polish Air Force Flight 101 in 2010 killing all 96 people on board. The Polish delegation was heading to Katyn to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, in which the Soviet NKVD killed about 22,000 Polish military officers.
Among those killed in the crash of Flight 101 were Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska, former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, Poland's highest-ranking military officers, lawmakers, heads of the Polish National Bank and other central institutions, presidential aides, bishops and priests of various denominations, relatives of those killed in the Katyn massacre, as well as officers of the presidential security detail and crew members.
Fatalities edit
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President Lech Kaczyński and his wife, Maria Kaczyńska -
Former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski -
Deputy Sejm Speaker Krzysztof Putra -
Deputy Sejm Speaker Jerzy Szmajdziński -
Deputy Senate Speaker Krystyna Bochenek -
Aleksander Szczygło, head of the National Security Bureau -
Central banker Sławomir Skrzypek -
Janusz Kurtyka, head of the Institute of National Remembrance -
Former Sejm Marshal Maciej Płażyński -
Former Deputy PM Przemysław Gosiewski -
Władysław Stasiak, head of the Chancellery of the President -
Grażyna Gęsicka, former Minister of Regional Development -
Gen. Franciszek Gągor, Chief of the General Staff -
Lt. Gen. Andrzej Błasik, Commander of the Air Force -
Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Buk, Commander of the Land Forces -
VAdm. Andrzej Karweta, Commander of the Navy -
Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Płoski, bishop of the Military Ordinariate -
Piotr Nurowski, President of the Polish Olympic Committee
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| Name | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna Agacka-Indecka | 45 | President of the Polish Bar Council |
| Ewa Bąkowska | 47 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Lt. Gen. Andrzej Błasik | 47 | Commander of the Air Force |
| Krystyna Bochenek | 56 | Deputy Marshal of the Senate (PO) |
| Anna Maria Borowska | 81 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Bartosz Borowski | 31 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Buk | 49 | Commander of the Land Forces |
| Brig. Gen. Miron Chodakowski | 52 | Archbishop,[1] Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Lt. Col. Czesław Cywiński | 84 | President of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers |
| Lt. Col. Zbigniew Dębski | 87 | Co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents |
| Leszek Deptuła | 57 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) |
| Grzegorz Dolniak | 50 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| Katarzyna Doraczyńska | 31 | Press office staffer at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Edward Duchnowski | 80 | Secretary General of the Union of Sybiraks |
| Aleksander Fedorowicz | 39 | Interpreter at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Janina Fetlińska | 57 | Senator (PiS) |
| Lt. Col. Jarosław Florczak | 41 | Close protection officer |
| WO1 Artur Francuz | 39 | Close protection officer |
| Gen. Franciszek Gągor | 58 | Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Grażyna Gęsicka | 58 | Member of the Sejm, former Minister of Regional Development (PiS) |
| Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Gilarski | 54 | Commander of the Warsaw Garrison |
| Przemysław Gosiewski | 45 | Member of the Sejm, former Deputy Prime Minister (PiS) |
| Bronisław Gostomski | 61 | Personal Roman Catholic chaplain to President Kaczorowski and parish priest of St. Andrew Bobola in Hammersmith, London |
| Maj. Robert Grzywna | 36 | Co-pilot |
| Mariusz Handzlik | 44 | Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Roman Indrzejczyk | 78 | Personal Roman Catholic chaplain to President Kaczyński |
| Lt. Paweł Janeczek | 37 | Close protection officer |
| Dariusz Jankowski | 54 | Staffer at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Natalia Januszko | 22 | Flight attendant |
| Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka | 59 | Member of the Sejm, former Deputy Prime Minister (SLD) |
| Józef Joniec | 50 | Roman Catholic priest, Piarist father |
| Ryszard Kaczorowski | 90 | Former president of the Republic of Poland in exile |
| Maria Kaczyńska | 67 | Wife of President Kaczyński |
| Lech Kaczyński | 60 | President of the Republic of Poland |
| Sebastian Karpiniuk | 37 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| VAdm. Andrzej Karweta | 51 | Commander of the Navy |
| Mariusz Kazana | 49 | Director of Diplomatic Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Janusz Kochanowski | 69 | Ombudsman for Civil Rights |
| Brig. Gen. Stanisław Komornicki | 85 | Chancellor of the Order of Virtuti Militari |
| Stanisław Komorowski | 56 | Deputy Minister of National Defence |
| WO2 Paweł Krajewski | 35 | Close protection officer |
| Andrzej Kremer | 48 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Zdzisław Król | 74 | Roman Catholic priest, member of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
| Janusz Krupski | 58 | Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression |
| Janusz Kurtyka | 49 | President of the Institute of National Remembrance |
| Andrzej Kwaśnik | 53 | Roman Catholic police chaplain and chaplain to the Katyn Families |
| Lt. Gen. Bronisław Kwiatkowski | 59 | Commander of the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Col. Wojciech Lubiński | 40 | Personal physician to President Kaczyński |
| Tadeusz Lutoborski | 83 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Barbara Maciejczyk | 28 | Flight attendant |
| Barbara Mamińska | 52 | Director of the Personnel and Decorations Office at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Bożena Mamontowicz-Łojek | 72 | President of the Polish Katyn Foundation |
| Stefan Melak | 63 | Head of the Katyn Committee |
| Tomasz Merta | 44 | Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, General Conservator of Monuments |
| WO2 Andrzej Michalak | 36 | Flight engineer |
| Capt. Dariusz Michałowski | 35 | Close protection officer |
| Stanisław Mikke | 62 | Deputy Head of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
| Justyna Moniuszko | 24 | Flight attendant |
| Aleksandra Natalli-Świat | 51 | Member of the Sejm (PiS) |
| Janina Natusiewicz-Mirer | 70 | Social activist |
| 2nd Lt. Piotr Nosek | 35 | Close protection officer |
| Piotr Nurowski | 64 | President of the Polish Olympic Committee |
| Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler | 81 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Lt. Col. Jan Osiński | 35 | Roman Catholic priest, Vice-Chancellor of the Curia of the Military Ordinariate |
| Col. Adam Pilch | 44 | Lutheran military chaplain |
| Katarzyna Piskorska | 73 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Maciej Płażyński | 52 | Member of the Sejm, former Marshal of the Sejm (independent) |
| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Płoski | 54 | Roman Catholic Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Armed Forces |
| JWO Agnieszka Pogródka–Węcławek | 35 | Close protection officer |
| Maj. Gen. Włodzimierz Potasiński | 53 | Commander of the Special Forces |
| Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk | 35 | Pilot |
| Andrzej Przewoźnik | 46 | Secretary of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
| Krzysztof Putra | 52 | Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (PiS) |
| Ryszard Rumianek | 62 | Roman Catholic priest, Rector of the Card. Wyszyński University |
| Arkadiusz Rybicki | 57 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski | 72 | President of the Federation of Katyn Families |
| Wojciech Seweryn | 70 | Sculptor, author of the Katyn Monument in Chicago |
| Sławomir Skrzypek | 46 | President of the National Bank of Poland |
| Leszek Solski | 75 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Władysław Stasiak | 44 | Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, former Minister of the Interior and Administration |
| WO2 Jacek Surówka | 36 | Close protection officer |
| Aleksander Szczygło | 46 | Head of the National Security Bureau |
| Jerzy Szmajdziński | 58 | Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, former Defence Minister (SLD) |
| Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz | 55 | Member of the Sejm, former Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (SLD) |
| Izabela Tomaszewska | 54 | Head of the Protocolar Unit at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| WO2 Marek Uleryk | 35 | Close protection officer |
| Anna Walentynowicz | 80 | Co-founder of the Solidarity trade union |
| Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska | 71 | Deputy President of the Golgotha of the East Foundation |
| Zbigniew Wassermann | 60 | Member of the Sejm, former Minister for Intelligence Coördination (PiS) |
| Wiesław Woda | 63 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) |
| Edward Wojtas | 55 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) |
| Paweł Wypych | 42 | Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, former President of the Social Insurance Institution |
| Stanisław Zając | 60 | Senator (PiS) |
| Janusz Zakrzeński | 74 | Theatrical and film actor, member of the Program Board of the Union of Piłsudskiites |
| Lt. Artur Ziętek | 31 | Navigator |
| Gabriela Zych | 68 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
Posthumous recognition edit
| Name | Promotion | Decoration |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna Agacka-Indecka |  Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Ewa Bąkowska |  Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lt. Gen. Andrzej Błasik |  General (NATO code OF-9)
|
 Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Krystyna Bochenek |  Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Anna Maria Borowska | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Bartosz Borowski | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Buk |  Lieutenant General (NATO code OF-8)
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Brig. Gen. Miron Chodakowski |  Major General (NATO code OF-7)
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lt. Col. Czesław Cywiński |  Colonel
|
 Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| Lt. Col. Zbigniew Dębski | Colonel
|
Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| Leszek Deptuła | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Grzegorz Dolniak | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Katarzyna Doraczyńska | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Edward Duchnowski | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Aleksander Fedorowicz | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Janina Fetlińska | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Lt. Col. Jarosław Florczak |  Colonel
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| WO1 Artur Francuz |  Second Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Gen. Franciszek Gągor | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Grażyna Gęsicka | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Gilarski | Major General (NATO code OF-7)
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Przemysław Gosiewski | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Bronisław Gostomski | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Maj. Robert Grzywna |  Lieutenant Colonel
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Mariusz Handzlik | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Roman Indrzejczyk | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Lt. Paweł Janeczek |  Captain
|
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Dariusz Jankowski | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Natalia Januszko | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Józef Joniec | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Maria Kaczyńska | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lech Kaczyński |  Order of the National Hero of Georgia
| |
| Sebastian Karpiniuk | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| RAdm. Andrzej Karweta |  Admiral (NATO code OF-9)
|
Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| Mariusz Kazana | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "Bene Merito" Honour Badge
| |
| Janusz Kochanowski | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Brig. Gen. Stanisław Komornicki | Major General (NATO code OF-7)
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| Stanisław Komorowski | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| WO2 Paweł Krajewski | Second Lieutenant
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Andrzej Kremer | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "Bene Merito" Honour Badge
| |
| Zdzisław Król | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Janusz Krupski | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Janusz Kurtyka | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Andrzej Kwaśnik | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lt. Gen. Bronisław Kwiatkowski |  General (NATO code OF-9)
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
|
| Col. Wojciech Lubiński |  Brigadier General
|
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Tadeusz Lutoborski | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Barbara Maciejczyk | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Barbara Mamińska | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Zenona Mamontowicz-Łojek | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Stefan Melak | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Tomasz Merta | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| WO2 Andrzej Michalak |  Second Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Capt. Dariusz Michałowski |  Major
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Stanisław Mikke | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Justyna Moniuszko | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Aleksandra Natalli-Świat | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Janina Natusiewicz-Mirer | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| 2nd Lt. Piotr Nosek |  Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Piotr Nurowski | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lt. Col. Jan Osiński | Colonel
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Col. Adam Pilch | Brigadier General
|
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Katarzyna Piskorska | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Maciej Płażyński | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Płoski | Lieutenant General (NATO code OF-8)
|
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| JWO Agnieszka Pogródka–Węcławek | Second Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Maj. Gen. Włodzimierz Potasiński | Lieutenant General (NATO code OF-8)
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Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk |  Major
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Andrzej Przewoźnik | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Krzysztof Putra | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Ryszard Rumianek | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Arkadiusz Rybicki | Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Wojciech Seweryn | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Sławomir Skrzypek | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Leszek Solski | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Władysław Stasiak | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| WO2 Jacek Surówka | Second Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Aleksander Szczygło | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Jerzy Szmajdziński | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Izabela Tomaszewska | Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| WO2 Marek Uleryk | Second Lieutenant
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Zbigniew Wassermann | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Wiesław Woda | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Edward Wojtas | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Paweł Wypych | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Stanisław Zając | Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
| |
| Janusz Zakrzeński | Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Lt. Artur Ziętek |  Captain
|
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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| Gabriela Zych | Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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Not on board edit
Some early reports were wrong about the number or composition[2][3][4] as the official list of victims was corrected in stages; most notably because the flight manifest of passengers only, without names of the crew, lacked the name of the only female member of the nine Biuro Ochrony Rządu (Government Protection Bureau bodyguards), Agnieszka Pogródka-Węcławek. She was listed incorrectly among the stewardesses. Also, a female presidential aide, Zofia Kruszyńska-Gust, was supposed to fly but did not do so due to illness. Additionally, Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, was invited but did not board the flight due to its conflict with the Jewish Sabbath, which prohibits flight on Saturday.
References edit
- ^ Syosset, Ny (12 April 2010). "Orthodox Archbishop among those who perished in airplane crash". www.oca.org. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Polish president's plane crashes in Russia: ministry". Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "Full list of the passengers and the crew". Official Polish Presidential website. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.