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Zofia Wanda Leśniowska 2 March 1912(1912-03-02) – 4 July 1943 (aged 31) Place of death Gibraltar Allegiance Poland Service/branch Polish Land Forces Women's Auxiliary Service Years of service 1939 - 1943 Rank First lieutenant (porucznik) Commands held Women's Auxiliary Service Superintendent Battles and wars Invasion of Poland World War II Awards Relations Władysław Sikorski (father) Helena Zbuczewska (mother) Stanisław Leśniowski (husband) Lt. Zofia Wanda Leśniowska (née Sikorska), (2 March 1912 - 4 July 1943[1]) was daughter of Lt. Gen. Władysław Sikorski, she was first lieutenant (porucznik) of Polish Armed Forces. Zofia Leśniowska was daughter of Lt. Gen. Władysław Sikorski and Helena Zbuczewska, whom Sikorski married in 1909. On 30 September 1936 she married Lt. Stanisław Leśniowski[1] (1904 - 11 December 1987). After the World War II broke out, on 7 September 1939 Lt. Gen. Sikorski ordered her to organize resistance movement. Her apartment on Górczewski's Street in Warsaw was using for conspiracy movement. In January 1940 she was called as an emissary to France. She was her father's personal secretary, interpreter and advisor. She was decorated by the honorable Polish Red Cross' order. In London she was superintendent of Women's Auxiliary Service. She was killed, together with her father and nine others, when plane, a Liberator II crashed into the sea 16 seconds after takeoff from Gibraltar Airport at 23:07 on 4 July 1943. Her body was never found. Her and General Sikorski's deaths remain one of the greatest mysteries of all history. Her body was never found, and her presence alongside the General in these tragic days poses with controversy and misunderstandings. How to give witnesses, she was repeatedly warned against participation in the flight, apparently by telephone by Winston Churchill himself. Formed as a hypothesis stating that her absence during the flight, the kidnapping and deposited in the camps near Moscow, and later in the interior of the country, where she was seen by the Polish officers, including special agent Tadeusz Kobyliński. References ^ a b Polski Słownik Biograficzny Vol. No 154 (1997) p. 478. Bibliography Dariusz Baliszewski, Bransoletka Zofii, Wprost 52/2004 (1152) (Polish) Dariusz Baliszewski, Tajemnica Hieny, Wprost 5/2005 (1157) (Polish) Córka generała, Rzeczpospolita (Polish) Persondata NAME Lesniowska, Zofia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 2 March 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 4 July 1943 PLACE OF DEATH Gibraltar