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He fought in the Polish-Soviet war and was wounded in legs on August 16, 1920. Unable to further service in infantry, he joined the military aviation.

In 1931 he flew around Africa in the Polish aircraft PZL L-2 (SP-AFA), on a distance of 25 050 km.

On May 7/ 8 1933, Skarzynski flew in a small single-seater tourist airplane RWD-5bis (SP-AJU) across the southern Atlantic, from Saint-Louis, Senegal to Maceio in BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America.. The flight took 20 hours 30 minutes (17 hours above the ocean). He crossed 3582 km, establishing a distance record in a tourist plane FAI class. RWD-5bis was the smallest plane that have ever flown across the Atlantic - its empty weight was below 450 kg (990 lbs) (only high-tech Rutan Voyager of 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa was a bit lighter).

In the World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, Lt. Col. Skarzynski was a pilot in 305 Polish Bomber Squadron in Britain. On June 26, 1942, returning from a great bombing mission on BremenBremen [ˈbreːmən] is a city in northern Germany (official name: Freie und Hansestadt Bremen referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League) situated along the river Weser. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the stat, his WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a twin-engine, medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. It was widely used in the first two years of World War II, before being replaced as a bomber by fell into North SeaThe North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. A bay of the North Sea is Skagerrak, bet due to damage. Skarzynski was the only crew member, who sunk - the rest were later rescued.