Władysław Toruń

Lt. Col. Władysław Toruń (July 7, 1889, Nowy Sącz — August 9, 1924) was a Polish aviator and military pilot, and one of the pioneers of Polish aviation.

[1] Initially a military pilot in Austria-Hungary during the Great War, he was among the first pilots to join the Polish Air Force.

As a professional engineer, in 1922-1923 he was chief of Central Aircraft Workshops (Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze - CWL) in Warsaw.

He died in an air crash on August 9, 1924.

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Tombs of Stefan Stec , Stefan Bastyr and Władysław Toruń in Lwów