1. Henryk Antoni Flame was a corporal and pilot in the Polish Air Force, and a captain of the anti-Nazi, and anti-Communist resistance organization NSZ.
12 Facts About Henryk Flame
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In 1919 the Henryk Flame family moved from Frysztat in Trans-Olza to Czechowice-Dziedzice.
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Henryk Flame finished the local gimnazjum and the Technical School in Bielsko.
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Henryk Flame was allotted to the 123rd Fighter Squadron which was stationed in Krakow.
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On September 1,1939 the first air battle of World War II took place, during which the plane piloted by Henryk Flame was shot down.
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Back home, Henryk Flame began working as a machinist at the local rail year while at the same time establishing contacts with the anti-Nazi resistance.
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Henryk Flame started an underground organization called "HAK" which soon was merged into the Home Army.
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Henryk Flame agreed and in October 1944 he was sworn in as a soldier of NSZ and promoted to the rank of captain.
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Henryk Flame, acting on the orders of NSZ command, revealed himself to Soviet authorities and together with his men presented himself at their disposal.
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From May 1945 until February 1947 Henryk Flame "Bartek", led the largest anti-communist partisan group in the Trans-Olza region.
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Henryk Flame presented himself to the UB in Cieszyn on March 11,1947.
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On December 1,1947 in Zabrzeg Henryk Flame was assassinated by the local communist policeman Rudolf Dadak, in a plot organized by Henryk Wendrowski.