Marian Jozef Mazynski
Air force officer, engineer
Born Sept. 7, 1913, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1955; son of Jozef and Antonina (Szpala); married Ethel (Callender).
Education: diploma, Military College, Lwow, 1933; diploma (in technical engineering), Military Technical College, Bydgoszcz (Poland), 1934, Warsaw (Poland), 1937; certificate, Berlitz School of Languages, Los Angeles (CA), 1957; various computer courses, Los Angeles, 1958-70.
Career: Polish Air Force officer, Okecie, Warsaw, 1937-39; correspondent, Dziennik Zolnierza Polskiego, Lancaster (United Kingdom), 1949-55, Skrzydla S.L.P., United Kingdom and United States, 1955-91; Retired.
Author: memoirs editor, 25th Anniversary of Polish Air Force Veterans Association, 1970, Poland, 1972, Cives Leopolienses, 1973, Katyn Memorial 1940-1990, 1990; numerous articles in Star - News and papers on World Polish Air Force Reunions, 1966-90.
Member of, i.a.: Polish Union of the Former Soviet Politics Prisoners, 1949; president, Polish Air Force Veterans Association, Pacific Coast Wing; treasurer, American Air Force Association, Los Angeles, 1963; American Security Council, Washington (DC), 1972-91; English Speaking Union in U.S., Los Angeles; Cives Leopolienses Circle; Pilsudski Institute of America; Polish American Council (P.A.C.).
Honors, i.a.: Silver Cross of Merit, 1943, Order of Polonia Restituta, 1975, National Treasury Medal, 1984, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Award of Merit, 1962, Citation of Merit, 1969, American Air Force Association; Good Citizenship medal, Sons of American Revolution, Los Angeles, 1971; Americanism Medal, Daughters of American Revolution, Washington, 1972; Gold Honorary Badge, Cives Leopolienses Circle, 1975; "Ryngraf Lotniczy", World Federation of Polish Air Force Veterans Association, London, 1975.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Served with: Polish Air Force, 2nd lieutenant, 1937-39; September '39 Campaign; Prisoner of War (POW) in U.S.S.R. (labor concentration camps in K.O.M.M.I.), 1940-41; Polish Army in U.S.S.R., 1941; Royal Air Force (R.A.F.), 300 Bomber Squadron, engineering officer, lieutenant, 1942-45; Polish Resettlement Corps, 1947-49; promoted to major, 1990.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: skiing, tennis, collecting air force memorabilia.
Home: 680 S. Marengo Avenue #19, Pasadena, CA 91106.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996