Janusz Meissner

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Birth Date:
21.01.1901
Death date:
28.02.1978
Length of life:
77
Days since birth:
44994
Years since birth:
123
Days since death:
16832
Years since death:
46
Extra names:
Janusz Meissner, Porucznik Herbert
Categories:
Journalist, Officer, Pilot, WWII participant , Writer
Nationality:
 pole
Cemetery:
Kraków, Salwator Cemetery

Janusz Meissner (nom de plume: "porucznik Herbert," English: "Flt Lt Herbert"; Warsaw, 21 January 1901 – 28 February 1978, Kraków) was a Polish author and journalist, and a pilot of Polish Air Force.

In late 1919 Meissner completed pilot training at Kraków's Lower Pilot School (Niższa Szkoła Pilotów), and in March 1920, at Poznań's Higher Pilot School (Wyższa Szkoła Pilotów). From July 1920 he served in the Polish-Soviet War, in the newly formed Toruńska Eskadra Wywiadowcza (Toruń Reconnaissance Squadron) in the rank of pilot sergeant. For his combat flight of 16 July 1920, he was decorated with the - newly introduced - Cross of Valor, and promoted to lieutenant.

After the Polish-Soviet War he participated in the preparations for the Third Silesian Uprising and in actual terror operations beginning 2/3 May 1921, commanding a special-forces detachment of the Wawelberg Group. For his contribution to the success of the Uprising, he was decorated with the Virtuti Militari (Poland's highest military decoration), 5th class, on 27 June 1922, and with the Cross of Independence with Swords.

After the Silesian Uprisings he was discharged from the army and returned to civilian life. After an unsuccessful attempt to become a businessman he returned to the military in 1922 and remained until 1946. He served as chief pilot in Polish Air Force Academy (Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Sił Powietrznych). From 1944 he was an officer in the RAF. In 1946 he returned to Poland to live in Zakopane. In 1956 he moved to Kraków, where he died.

He left two sons: Andrzej and Jerzy.

Works

Books in Polish

Meissner is most known as the author of 48 popular books on flying, pilots, sea, pirates, sport, as well as hunting.

  • Szkoła orląt ("School of Eagles")
  • L jak Lucy (L for Lucy)
  • Żądło Genowefy (G - for Genevieve)
  • trilogy: Czarna bandera, Czerwone krzyże, Zielona brama ("Black Ensign", "Red Crosses", "Green Gate")
  • Trzy diamenty
  • Sześciu z "Daru Pomorza"

Movies

Meissner was a writer of:

  • Gwiaździsta eskadra (about flying)
  • Orzeł (film) (about submarines)
  • Sprawa pilota Maresza (about flying)
  • Wraki (about diving)

Books in English

  • Meissner, Janusz (1943). Polish wings over Europe.
  • Meissner, Janusz (1944). G - for Genevieve.
  • Meissner, Janusz (1945). L for Lucy.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relations

        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Tadeusz MeissnerTadeusz MeissnerBrother04.08.190219.08.1966

        14.02.1919 | The Polish-Soviet war started

        The Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921) was an armed conflict that pitted Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine against the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic over the control of an area equivalent to today's Ukraine and parts of modern-day Belarus. Ultimately the Soviets, following on from their Westward Offensive of 1918–19, hoped to fully occupy Poland. Although united under communist leadership, Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine were theoretically two separate independent entities since the Soviet republics did not unite into the Soviet Union until 1922.

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        01.09.1939 | Invasion of Poland

        The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War (Polish: Kampania wrześniowa or Wojna obronna 1939 roku) in Poland and the Poland Campaign (German: Polenfeldzug) or Fall Weiß (Case White) in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, while the Soviet invasion commenced on 17 September following the Molotov-Tōgō agreement which terminated the Russian and Japanese hostilities (Nomonhan incident) in the east on 16 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.

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