births
August 17, 1890
Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (died 1920)

Stefan Bastyr
Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Force on 5 November 1918, almost a week before Poland officially regained her independence, at the opening stages of the Polish-Ukrainian War.