Władysław Zalewski
Polish aviation engineer
Died when: 85 years 308 days (1030 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Wladyslaw Zalewski (21 January 1892 in Warsaw – 25 November 1977 in London) was a Polish aviation engineer, a constructor of aeroplanes and aeroplane engines.
Arrested in 1940 by the NKWD he spent 18 months in Soviet camps.He was evacuated to Iraq among Polish soldier of Anders.
After 1945 he lived in UK.In the years of 1908–1913 Zalewski constructed biplane and its 20 hp engine.In 1912 he constructed with his brother Boleslaw monoplane .
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 (1919), reconnaissance aircraft 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 also constructed aircraft engines with manufacturer Avia: WZ-7 (80 hp), WZ-40 (40 hp), WZ Bobo (10 hp), WZ-100 (100 hp).