Władysław Zalewski

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CWL WZ-X prototype designed by Zalewski, 1926

Władysław Zalewski (January 21, 1892 in Warsaw – November 25, 1977 in London) was a Polish aviation engineer, constructor of aeroplanes and aeroplane engines. Arrested in 1940 by NKWD, he spent, 1,5 year in Soviet camps (lagier). Evacuated to Iraq among Polish soldier of Anders. Since 1945 he lived in Great Britain.

In the years of 1908–1913 Zalewski constructed biplane WZ I and its 20 hp engine. In 1912 he constructed with his brother Bolesław monoplane WZ II. During the years of 1915–1916 he built two tetraplanes, in which one was flying on the frontline. During the interwar period Zalewski built biplane WZ VIII (1919), fighter plane WZ X (1923–1926), sports plane WZ XI (1927) and the first Polish four-engined heavy bombing plane PZL-3 (1928–1930; built in France as Potez 41) made in PZL.

Zalewski constructed also aircraft engines in manufactory Avia: WZ-7 (80 hp), WZ-40 (40 hp), WZ Bobo (10 hp), WZ-100 (100 hp).

References

"Zalewski Władysław". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
"Zalewski Władysław". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-10-06.
Talarczyk, Zenon. "Zalewski Władysław" (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-10-06.

Persondata
Name	Zalewski, Władysław
Alternative names
Short description	aviation engineer, constructor of aeroplanes and aeroplane engines
Date of birth	January 21, 1892
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Date of death	November 25, 1977
Place of death	London, England

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