About Pawel Tobolski
Lived 1906 – 1944 (aged 38). Pawel Tobolski was a military personnel.
Paweł "Peter" W. Tobolski (21 March 1906not before 2 April 1944) was a Polish airman who fought in World War II, murdered after the "Great Escape" from the Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp.
He was a navigator with the rank of flying officer in No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron, an expatriate unit that fought as part of the Royal Air Force against Nazi Germany. He took part in two combat missions. In his second mission, a thousand-bomber raid against Bremen at night of 25/26 June 1942, his bomber Vickers Wellington no. Z1479 GR-A (the squadron commander's) was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery near Dornumergrode; and he was captured and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III. His name is inscribed on the memorial to "The Fifty" near Żagań, Poland.
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Who was Pawel Tobolski?
Royal Air Force officer (1906–1944)
When was Pawel Tobolski born?
Pawel Tobolski was born on 21 March 1906.
When did Pawel Tobolski die?
Pawel Tobolski died on 2 April 1944.
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Pawel Tobolski was a military personnel.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pawel Tobolski. https://biography.guide/pawel-tobolski/
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