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Sławomir Maciej Bittner

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Nickname(s)
  
Rudy

Rank
  
Second Lieutenant

Name
  
Slawomir Bittner

Allegiance
  
Poland

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Slawomir Maciej Bittner
Born
  
21 July 1923 Warsaw, Poland (
1923-07-21
)

Died
  
28 February 1944(1944-02-28) (aged 20) Warsaw, Poland

Service/branch
  
Armia Krajowa (Home Army)

Sławomir Maciej Bittner (codename: Maciek, Kajman Wojak; born 21 July 1923, Warsaw - died 28 February 1944, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish scoutmaster (podharcmistrz) and second lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa.

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Arrested on 18 February 1944 by the Gestapo, he was killed, probably shot to death, several weeks later on 28 February at Pawiak prison. He was 20 years old.

Major sabotage actions

  • commander of the section "Sten I" in the "Arsenal action" on 26 March 1943
  • commander of the liquidation action of SS-Obersturmbannführer Schultz on 6 May 1943
  • commander of the group "Więżniarka" during the rescue action of Polish prisoners on the train station in Celestynów on 19 May 1943
  • commander of a group in the "Sól action" on 27 May 1943
  • covered a bridge during the "Czarnocin action" on 5/6 June 1943 in Targówek
  • covered a liquidation action of a Gestapo agent, executed in June 1943 by Wanda "Lena" Gertz
  • commander of a cover group during the "Góral action" on 12 August 1943
  • commander of the group "Atak" during the "Taśma action" in Sieczychy near Wyszków on 20 August 1943
  • commander of the group "Lotnicy" during the "Wilanów action" on 26 September 1943

    • He was awarded the Cross of Valour (3 April 1943) and the Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari.

    References

    Sławomir Maciej Bittner Wikipedia
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