Władysław Turowicz

Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz (Urdu: ولادیسلاو جوزف مارئین تورووچ, romanized: Vladislav Joseph Torovich; Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨs.waf ˈju.zɛf ˈma.rjan tuˈrɔ.vit͡ʂ] 23 April 1908 – 8 January 1980), usually referred to as W. J. M. Turowicz, was a Polish-Pakistani aviator, military scientist and aeronautical engineer.

Turowicz was born to an aristocratic family in the village of Wadziejewsko in Siberia (Russia) in 1908, where he graduated from high school.

As a member of Polski Club, he had an opportunity to study and work with Ryszard Bartel, Jerzy Drzewiecki and Henry Millicer, amongst others.

As the political situation in Poland got worse, many Polish Air Force officers began to move to the United States, Australia, Norway and Canada.

His widow, Zofia Turowicz, who died in 2012, was awarded the Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz, and taught applied mathematics and particle physics at the Karachi University.

[6] Turowicz's grandson has completed a PhD in quantum physics from Brown University and is currently running the AI statistical modelling division at JP Morgan.

The Government of Pakistan issued a condolence letter to his family, stating that Turowicz was an outstanding Air Force officer.

A documentary film on the life and scientific work of Air Cdre Władysław Turowicz was completed in 2008.

The film shows how Air Cdre Turowicz and other Polish officers and technicians had contributed in building the PAF soon after independence.

On this occasion the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Karachi Ireneusz Makles profoundly thanked the PAF and especially Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman and other officers for their efforts to make this memorial a reality.