Andrzej Marecki was born on 2 September 1898 . He participated in the Polish-Soviet War of 1918 – 1921 . In the years 1924 – 1926 he studied in the Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna ( Polish Military Academy ) . After graduating , from 1928 he was a lecturer in tactics at his '' alma mater '' . In the years 1934 – 1936 he served with the . From February 1936 he was a military attache at the Polish diplomatic mission in Stockholm . In February 1939 he was attached to the Polish General Staff . Following Polish defeat after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland , he made his way through Romania to France , where he joined the recreated Polish Army in France . He taught a Polish course at the École Supérieure de Guerre , and later became a Polish liaison officer at the French General Staff . In May 1940 he was attached once again to the Polish General Staff . He was also the first commandant of the Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna , temporarily recreated in the United Kingdom during wartime , and he was involved with the re-establishing of in the United Kingdom during that time frame . He died in the controversial 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash on 4 July 1943
1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash
1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash
Andrzej Marecki