Chciuk, Wladyslaw
As a footnote, upon the end of hostilities and their liberation, the quartet was sponsored by the Polish and British Air Forces and performed for many a camp and even on stage in London’s Theater District. Prior to their liberation he was moved to POW camp X/C where conditions were even worse. Not only did the Germans try to differentiate between the British and Polish officers serving with the RAF, but tried unsuccessfully to alienate them from each other through news of the Katyn Massacre and Yalta accords.
Serving with the Polish Forces until 1947, he ended the war with the rank of Kapitan in the Polish Air Force. He later married a decorated veteran of the 1944 Polish uprising in Warsaw, Krystyna Pisarka. He worked in industry in the U.K until 1952 when he emigrated to the USA. While employed as a machinist he continued his affiliation with scouting, supporting his 3 daughters scouting ventures. He retired in 1983 from industry, but stayed active writing of the Polish Air Force during WW2. Captain Chciuk made that final flight on the 7th of October 2006 when he passed away at the age of 91.