Andrzej Andrzejewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brigadier General/Polish Air Force
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Place of Birth: Sochaczew, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Andrzej Andrzejewski
- Andrzej Piotr Andrzejewski (May 19, 1961 – January 23, 2008) was a Brigadier General of the Polish Air Force who died in the military plane crash in Miroslawiec along with other officers, among whom he was the highest ranking. A graduate of the Academy of National Defense (1995) and, previously, the High Air Force School (1985), he had spent a long career in the Polish Air Force.
- Andrzejewski barely escaped death when his fighter, an Su-22M-4K, was accidentally shot down by Kub (SA-6) missile during an exercise on August 19, 2003.
- He ejected from the plane into the Baltic Sea and was rescued after an hour and a half. Three years later, he was promoted to general and was appointed commander of the 1st Brigade of the Tactical Aircraft in Miroslawiec.
- He remained in command until his death. He spent over 1000 hours in planes. On January 23, the EADS CASA C-295 which Andrzejewski and fellow officers were aboard, flying from Warsaw via Powidz and Krzesiny to Miroslawiec, crashed during an approach to the 12th Air Base near Miroslawiec.
- There were no survivors. Andrzejewski was the highest ranking Polish general to die in duty for decades.
- He was 46 years old.
- He is survived by his wife, Malgorzata, and his two daughters, Klaudyna (26) and Patrycja (21).
- He was posthumously promoted to Division General. The President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, ordered three-days of national mourning after the fatal crash.
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