Żwirko and Wigura, or a catastrophe in the skies

Pilot Franciszek Żwirko and designer Stanisław Wigura won Challenge 1932 in Berlin, the world’s most important sports aviation competition and became national heroes. Then, just a dozen days after their success, they both died in a plane crash on 11 September 1932. by Piotr Bejrowski   Franciszek Żwirko, the oldest of the pair, was born…