Nationality Polish Name Andrzej Jaraczewski Nickname(s) Andrew | Allegiance Poland Years of service 1935-1946 Resting place Powazki Cemetery | |
Full Name Andrzej Antoni Jaraczewski Alma mater Naval Cadet School in Torun Relatives Jozef Pilsudski (father-in-law)Aleksandra Szczerbinska (mother-in-law)Wanda Pilsudska (sister-in-law) Spouse Jadwiga Pilsudska (m. 1944–1992) Children Christopher Jaraczewski, Joanna Jaraczewska Similar People Jadwiga Pilsudska, Joanna Jaraczewska, Aleksandra Pilsudska, Wanda Pilsudska, Janusz Onyszkiewicz | ||
Andrzej Antoni Jaraczewski, nickname Andrew, (November 8, 1916 - October 18, 1992) was a Polish Navy officer (kapitan marynarki - lieutenant).
He was born into the Polish noble family, Jaraczewski, holding the Zaremba coat of arms. After graduating from the Naval Cadet School in Toruń (now Naval Academy in Gdynia) he was made Sub-Lieutenant (podporucznik marynarki) on October 1, 1938. After the Second World War broke out, he participated in evacuating Polish submarines to the United Kingdom, where he was commanding officer of submarine chasers within 3. MGB Flotilla and torpedo boat within 8. MTB Flotilla. Lt Jaraczewski, alongside Lt Cdr N. B. Weir, accepted the surrender of U-249, the first German submarine surrendered after the capitulation of Nazi Germany.
In 1944 he married Fg Off Jadwiga Piłsudska, an Air Transport Auxiliary pilot and daughter of Marshal Józef Piłsudski. They had two children; a son, Christopher Joseph (in Polish Krzysztof Józef) and daughter, Jane Mary (in Polish Joanna Maria), who later married Polish politician Janusz Onyszkiewicz. In 1977, he and his wife took part in the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II on board the MGB S-3 during the Thames River Pageant.
He was awarded the Polish Cross of Valour and Polish Naval Medal (three times).
Jaraczewski died in 1992 and is buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.