Polish pilot’s exhibition in Kraków
A full size cut out photograph of Col Władysław Gnyś taken in 1938 forms part of the exhibition in front of the only PZL P. 11c in existence.
A full size cut out photograph of Col Władysław Gnyś taken in 1938 forms part of the exhibition in front of the only PZL P. 11c in existence.
Col Władysław Gnyś on the right with his sons Stefan and Ashley in 1996.
A full size cut out photograph of Col Władysław Gnyś taken in 1938 forms part of the exhibition in front of the only PZL P. 11c in existence.
5 April 2023
Polish pilot’s exhibition in Kraków
An exhibition in memory of Polish pilot Col Władysław Gnyś has opened in the Aviation Museum in Kraków. The exhibition includes a display of his medals, decorations and other artefacts, a full size cut out photograph of him taken in 1938 and an information board in Polish and English. These are all appropriately in front of a PZL P. 11c, believed to be the only one in existence.
Władysław Gnyś is considered to be the first Allied pilot to have achieved an aerial victory in the Second World War. When Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 he chased a formation of Dornier Do17s and two of these collided and crashed. It is officially assumed they we lost due to his action.