Włodzimierz Potasiński Explained

Włodzimierz Potasiński (31 July 1956  - 10 April 2010) was a Polish military figure, commander-in-chief of the Polish Special Forces.

Potasiński was born at Czeladź. He was killed in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash at Smolensk.

Honours and awards

Potasiński was awarded numerous civil and military awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2006.

• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2010, posthumously) previously awarded the Knight's Cross (2006)
• Gold Cross of Merit (2000)
• Silver Cross of Merit (1993)
• Gold Medal in the Service of the Armed Forces of the Homeland
• Gold Medal for his contribution to national defence
• Commemorative medal of the Multinational Division Central-South Iraq
• Meritorious Service Medal (2006, United States)
• United States Special Operations Command Medal (2010, United States, posthumously)^[1]
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit (2008, Portugal)
• UN Medal UNDOF mission
• entry in the "Book of Honour of the Minister of National Defence" (2007)

External links

• Interview from 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: USSOCOM Commander visits POLSOCOM . 2010-05-14 . 2012-05-13 . https://archive.today/20120805211914/http://www.wojskaspecjalne.mil.pl/45,more,129-ussocom_commander_visits_polsocom.html?ln=en . 2012-08-05 . dead .