Aviator Monument, Bronze aviation memorial in Warsaw, Poland
The Aviator Monument is a bronze memorial in Warsaw consisting of a six-meter tall figure of a flyer mounted on a nine-meter tall granite base. The pedestal displays carved checkerboard patterns associated with Polish military aviation.
The original monument was erected in 1932 but German forces destroyed it in 1944 during the war. It was rebuilt in 1967 based on the initial designs by Edward Wittig.
The memorial honors two Polish aviation pioneers whose names mark the street where it stands. You can sense their importance to the nation by how prominently the monument is positioned along a major route into the city.
The monument is located on Żwirki i Wigury Street and is one of the first landmarks visitors encounter when traveling from Warsaw airport toward the city center. It stands visibly from the street, making it easy to spot when passing through.
The artist used Leonard Zbigniew Lepszy as the model for the aviator figure. When rebuilding after the war, scattered fragments of the original monument were discovered on factory grounds in Wola and helped guide the reconstruction.
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