Kazimierz Slominski

Airman, watch maker

Born Aug. 12, 1915, Zbaraz, Poland; came to U.S., 1948; son of Jan and Anna (Jagoda).

Education: Aircraft Mechanics School, Lwow (Poland), 1936.

Career: Polish Army, 6th Aircraft Regiment, Lwow, 1936-39; prisoner, concentration camp in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1939-42; Polish Air Force in United Kingdom, 1943-48; watch maker, Bulova Watch Company, New York City, 1948-73.

Member of: president, Polish Air Force Veterans Association, New York Wing, 1981-90; Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).

Served with: Polish Air Force, sergeant, 1936-48.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.