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Arkadiusz Protasiuk (13 November 1974 in Siedlce – 10 April 2010) was a Polish pilot, captain of the Polish Air Force Tu-154 flight to Smolensk on 10 April 2010. He died in the
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria, ...
near Smolensk on 10 April 2010. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta.


Awards

* Bronze
Medal of Merit for National Defence The Medal of Merit for National Defence ( pl, Medal Za Zasługi dla Obronności Kraju) is a decoration of the Ministry of National Defence of Poland. Established 21 April 1966 and revised in 1991, the medal recognizes meritorious service which st ...
(2005) * Bronze Cross of Merit (2007) * Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2010)M.P. z 2010 r. Nr 40, poz. 587
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1974 births 2010 deaths Polish Air Force officers Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Bronze Cross of Merit (Poland) Victims of the Smolensk air disaster People from Siedlce {{Poland-bio-stub