Jan Rogowski

Jan Rogowski (cichociemny) (noms de guerre Jan Szulak, Piotr Jaczynski, Julian Koba, Zbigniew Plecki, Piotr Pomerski, Stefan Zawidzki, Czarka, Kacz) was a soldier of the Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West and the Home Army.

In 1933 - 1934, Jan attended the School of Artillery Reserve Officers at Wlodzimierz Wolynski, and in 1935, he took a job at the Ursus Factory.

In June 1940 Rogowski was evacuated to Great Britain, where he served in the 1st Rifle Brigade, and volunteered to be dropped over occupied Poland.

The drop took place 9 kilometers northwest of Wyszkow, and soon afterwards, Rogowski was attached to the Second Unit of Wachlarz, as deputy of Jan Piwnik.

Together with Andrzej Orwid-Eljaszewicz, he was driving a truck with winter supplies for the local Home Army units, and the Germans were informed by a Gestapo agent, Jerzy Wojnowski (“Motor”).

In 1980 in St. Hyacinth's Church, Warsaw, a commemorative tablet, dedicated to Cichociemni was unveiled, with 110 names, including Jan Rogowski.