Stanisław Komornicki

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Stanisław Komornicki

|image=2007.10.07. Stanisław Komornicki by Kubik.jpg

|rank=Brigadier general

|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1924|7|26}}

|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|2010|04|10|1924|7|26}}

|birth_place=Warsaw, Poland

|death_place=Smolensk, Russia

|battles=Second World War (Warsaw Uprising, Battle of Kolberg)

|awards= File:POL Virtuti Militari Srebrny BAR.svg File:POL Polonia Restituta Wielki BAR.svg

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Stanisław Komornicki (26 July 1924 – 10 April 2010) was a brigadier general in the Polish Army and the chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari.

He was born in Warsaw. He was a Polish underground activist (pseudonym: Nałęcz), a member of underground Scouting (Szare Szeregi), a soldier of Armia Krajowa, a participant in the Warsaw Uprising, an officer of the Polish First Army, a participant in the Battle of Kolberg, a writer, and a military historian.

He was listed on the flight manifest[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7752563,Prezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html Prezydenckim Tu-154 leciały najważniejsze osoby w państwie (Polish)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415024851/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1%2C80269%2C7752563%2CPrezydenckim_Tu_154_lecialy_najwazniejsze_osoby_w.html |date=15 April 2010 }} of the Tupolev Tu-154 of the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński which crashed near Smolensk-North airport near Pechersk near Smolensk, Russia, on 10 April 2010, killing all aboard.

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