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Monument in Memory of the Fallen Polish Pilots in World War II

Warszawa, Italy

Monument in Memory of the Fallen Polish Pilots in World War II

The Memorial to the Polish Aviators Fallen Between 1939 and 1945 (Polish: Pomnik ku czci Lotników Polskich Poległych w latach 1939–1945) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, located in the Mokotów Field park complex, near People's Army Avenue, within the South Downtown neighbourhood. It is dedicated to

the 2118 aviators of the Polish Air Force, who were killed during the Second World War. The monument was designed by Marek Roger Dziewulski and Tadeusz Antoni Dziewulski, and unveiled on 27 August 2003. It consists of a granite wall with memorial inscriptions, and a modernist sculpture from stainless steel, depicting three intertwining contrails, as seen during an aerial combat between fighter planes.

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