In May 1919 he returned to independent Poland and served in the Polish Army, in a cavalry, during Polish-Soviet war.
In 1930 he participated in Challenge 1930 International Tourist Aircraft Contest, flying PWS-51, but he had to withdraw due to oil pipe damage.
[1] On 15 August 1931 he flew a PWS-52 plane around Poland non-stop in 12 hours 35 minutes, covering 1755 km.
[2] From March 1933 he worked in Aviation Technical Research Institute in Warsaw as a test pilot.
After 8 and a half hours, the plane went into a spin due to an air turbulence, it was brought under control, but it was too low and it hit the ground near Kazan.