Toruń – Aviation Ace

Suleckiego Street 4 > Another mural on Toruń's Patriotic Mural Trail commemorates the events that took place in Toruń in early September 1939, when the Third Reich air force attacking the city encountered resistance from the 3rd fighter squadron of the 4th Air Regiment in Toruń and the future ace of aviation, Second Lieutenant Stanisław Skalski, who shot down five enemy aircraft during the first week of the war, becoming the most effective Polish pilot. Stanisław Skalski, who shot down five enemy aircraft during the first week of the war, becoming the most effective Polish pilot of the September Campaign. The aircraft visible in the graphic is a PZL P.11c fighter plane that took part in the events of that time.