A set of documents on pilot Vitaly Alexander Urbanovich from the 1970s to the 1990s....

[PolishArmy, aviation, Witold Urbanowicz]. A set of documents relating to pilot Witold Aleksander Urbanowicz from the 1970s to the 1990s.
The set consists of, among others:
1. a 1992 photograph by David Valdez showing President George W. Bush (wearing a flight jacket) with a printed dedication and his handwritten signature, a letter from the office of Presidential Security Advisor B. Scowcroft attached to the photo, a letter from Congressman R.K. Dornan requesting contact, a photo of President George H.W. Bush with Vice President Dan Quayle
2. 6 maps that Urbanowicz used when writing the book "Flying Tigers" (including 4 sheets of the International Map of the World - Aeronautical Edition from 1941-1942 and a large map of Europe Global Navigation and Planning Chart from 1967 with a printed warning on the Polish-Soviet border that aircraft moving outside the designated corridors could be shot down without warning); attached is a photograph of the book with the caption on the back: "This is what the farmlands of China looked like from an airplane, World War II," and an English-language short guide to China
3. a paper folder containing materials about Col. pilot Zdzislaw Krasnodębski (copies of 6 letters, a newspaper article, a memoir by W. Urbanowicz on 8 typed pages)
4. a diploma from 1987 confirming the award of W. Urbanowicz the Golden Veteran's Badge awarded by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Washington for 35 years of service to the Association, and a similar diploma on the occasion of his 40th anniversary
5. typescript article by W. Urbanowicz, "Aviators and Writers," criticizing Polish literature on Polish aviation in World War II (works by F. Kalinowski, B. Arct, and especially J. Meissner); 6 letters to and from W. Urbanowicz on the issue of J. Meissner's alleged gross factual unreliability; 5 letters from Kazimierz Orlos on a similar issue
6. biographical materials (mostly photocopies) of V. Urbanowicz (completed questionnaires for "Polish Amercian Who's Who", a biography - in Polish and English - written for the planned biographical dictionary of Polish aviation (ed. S. Czmur), copies of letters to various persons with biographical information, copies of several articles from the English-language press concerning V. Urbanowicz).
In addition, the collection contains materials relating to Stanislaw Skalski (copies of 4 letters), correspondence with veterans' organizations in America, typescripts of articles (e.g. "Heirs of the Polish Knighthood", "Past and Present", "Taiwan (Flying Tigers)"), letters from the Polish Embassy in Washington, several letters from private individuals.
Good condition. Interesting source material on the military service and life in exile of a Polish pilot.
W. A. Urbanowicz (1908-1996) - brigadier general (appointed November 11, 1995 by President Lech Walesa), pilot of the Polish Air Force, lieutenant colonel (Wing Commander) of the Royal Air Force, fighter ace, memoirist, commander of 303 Squadron, ranked in the top ten of the best pilots of the Battle of Britain and second after Stanislaw Skalski in the ranking of Polish fighter aces in WWII (shot down 17 planes). He published several books devoted to his memories of the war ("The Beginning of Tomorrow", Krakow 1966, "Dawn of Victory", Krakow 1971, "Fire over China", Krakow 1963).