Karpinski, Stephanie (1912–2005)

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Karpinski, Stephanie (1912–2005)

Polish aviator. Name variations: Stefania Barbara Wojtulanis-Karpinska; Stephanie Wojtulanis; Barbara Wojtulanis. Born Stefania Barbara Wojtulanis, 1912, in Poland; died Feb 11, 2005, in Los Angeles, CA; studied mechanical engineering at Warsaw Technical University; m. Polish Air Force Gen. Stanislaw Karpinski, c. 1946 (died 1982).

Obtained glider, balloon and motor aircraft pilot licenses and became an instructor in parachute jumping (1939); as a pilot in the Polish army during WWII, was assigned to the Polish general staff, flew missions delivering fuel to the fighter brigade defending Warsaw from the Nazis, worked at Polish Army Headquarters in Paris, then was a ferry pilot in Britain; after the war, immigrated to US.