Włodzimierz Potasiński

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Włodzimierz Potasiński (31 July 1956 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish military figure, commander-in-chief of the Polish Special Forces.

Potasiński was born at Czeladź. He was killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash at Smolensk.

Honours and awards[]

Potasiński was awarded numerous civil and military awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2006.

  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2010, posthumously) previously awarded the Knight's Cross (2006)
  • Gold Cross of Merit (2000)
  • Silver Cross of Merit (1993)
  • Gold Medal in the Service of the Armed Forces of the Homeland
  • Gold Medal for his contribution to national defence
  • Commemorative medal of the Multinational Division Central-South Iraq
  • Meritorious Service Medal (2006, United States)
  • United States Special Operations Command Medal (2010, United States, posthumously)[1]
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit (2008, Portugal)
  • UN Medal UNDOF mission
  • entry in the "Book of Honour of the Minister of National Defence" (2007)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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