Józef Czeslaw Bartosik (July 20, 1917 – January 14, 2008) was a Polish Naval officer, born in Kraków, who served on Polish destroyers during World War II, under British naval command. Shortly after WWII he joined the British Royal Navy where he advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, before his retirement in 1969. He died in England in January 2008.
In 1935, at the age of 18, he joined the Naval officer cadet school in Warsaw . In 1938 he graduated...
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Józef Czeslaw Bartosik (July 20, 1917 – January 14, 2008) was a Polish Naval officer, born in Kraków, who served on Polish destroyers during World War II, under British naval command. Shortly after WWII he joined the British Royal Navy where he advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, before his retirement in 1969. He died in England in January 2008.
In 1935, at the age of 18, he joined the Naval officer cadet school in Warsaw . In 1938 he graduated with the rank of 1st lieutenant. In 1939 he gained the rank of first watch officer on the cadet schooner ORP Iskra. During the latter half of 1939, he led the wooden sailing ship on a voyage through the Mediterranean and into Southern Atlantic waters. On learning of the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi forces, the Iskra returned from the Atlantic and left two crew members with the ship in Morocco. Along with the rest of the Iskra's crew, Bartosik boarded a French ship and departed for France, where after deliberations between the French Navy's...
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