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Władysław Zalewski
Władysław Zalewski (21 January 1892 in Warsaw – 25 November 1977 in London) was a Polish aviation engineer, a constructor of aeroplanes and aeroplane engines. Arrested in 1940 by the NKWD he spent 18 months in Soviet camps. He was evacuated to Iraq among Polish soldier of Anders. After 1945 he lived in UK. In the years of 1908–1913 Zalewski constructed biplane WZ I and its 20 hp engine. In 1912 he constructed with his brother Bolesław monoplane WZ II. During the years of 1915–1916 he built two tetraplanes, in which one was flying on the frontline. During the interwar period Zalewski built biplane WZ VIII (1919), reconnaissance aircraft WZ X (1923–1926), sports plane WZ XI (1927) and the first Polish four-engined heavy bombing plane PZL.3 (1928–1930; built in France as Potez 41) made in PZL PZL, may refer to: Places * PZL, an IATA airport code for Phinda Airfield in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa * PZL, a location code for the Złotów County, Greater Poland Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Zalewski (feminine: Zalewska, plural: Zalewscy) is a Polish-language surname. The surname comes from a topographic name for someone who lived by a flood plain, bay, or any other small body of water. Two locations that this may be connected to are ''Zalew'' in Sieradz voivodeship or ''Zalewo'' in Olsztyn voivodeship. The Germanised version of this surname is Salewski, usually found in the Silesia region. An early form of this surname was first noted in the year 1370. Many families from different classes and with different background used this surname. Several famous people have the surname Zalewski or a variant of it: * Anna Zalewska (born 1965), Polish politician * Aran Zalewski (born 1991), Australian field hockey player * August Zaleski (1883-1972), Polish politician * Emil von Zelewski (1854-1891), Imperial German Army officer * Erich von dem Bach Zelewski (1899-1972), SS-Obergruppenführer * Karol Zalewski (born 1993), Polish athlete * Krystian Zalewski (born 1989), Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |