Zbigniew Dębski
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Zbigniew Dębski (29 November 1922 in
Łasin Łasin () is a town in Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 3,271 inhabitants (2004). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Łasin. It lies approximately east of Grudziądz and ...
– 10 April 2010) was a Polish soldier and co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents. 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 List of casualties of the Smolensk air disaster, all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president ...
near Smolensk on 10 April 2010.Lista pasażerów i załogi samolotu TU-154
/ref> He was posthumously awarded the
Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...
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Awards

* Silver Cross of the
Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', ) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was established in 1792 by the last King of Poland Stanislaus II of Poland, ...
* Commander's Cross with Star of the
Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...
* 3rd award of the Cross of Valour


References

1922 births 2010 deaths Home Army members Warsaw Uprising insurgents Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Victims of the Smolensk air disaster {{Poland-mil-bio-stub