"Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan"

[Jaanbaz]

I learned about him on PDF, why doesn't Pakistan's school books mention him? There is all praise for the Arab invader but no mention of a foreigner who actually helped Pakistan when it needed the most.

 

[salarsikander]

where? what do they do?

Cant disclose much, but the family does gives distinct e.Eurpeoan and pakistani look. Theyre just like normal citizen of Pakistan, Very sweet people

 

[Zibago]

He defines the term dedication and patriotism
From serving actively at the front in the airforce to his work for suparco,convincing Ayub on starting a missile program in collaboration with NASA and launching Pakistan,s first sounding rocket from sonmiani Balochistan his aim was betterment of this country and his dream was taking Pakistan into the space age sadly after his demise the solid foundation he provided was allowed by corrupt bureaucrats and politicians to be eroded.
His wife Zofia Turowics was technically Pakistan,s first female pilot(i am not sure if gliders are considered pilots)

The Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan: Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz

The Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan: Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz
Ever since Pakistan got independence she saw hundreds of faces that served the country to their best, played more than just a vital role in its development and made the country proud by all means. One of such names is Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz. Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz was a prominent and distinguished Polish Pakistani military scientist and aeronautical engineer who is looked up to as one of the chief architects of Pakistan’s Space Program.
Born in 1908 in Serbia, Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz has a unique kind of fascination for aviation technology, rocket science and aircraft designs. At the age when other children collect marbles and play with cars Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz had a hobby of collecting different kinds of aircraft models only. Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz graduated from Serbia’s most prestigious institute of that time- Warsaw University of Technology in 1920 with a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering and later earned his PhD degree from the same institute.



During his time at Warsaw University of Technology he along with his friends, university fellows, teachers and other eminent scholars of the field laid foundation of Aeroklub Polski where he did extensive research in the field and got the golden chance of working in close collaboration with Polish aeronautical engineers of that time.
Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz after earning his PhD degree joined Polish Air Force in the capacity of an aeronautical engineer and fighter pilot. He later migrated to GreatBritain where he was immediately accepted to serve in Royal Air Force as Reservist Polish Pilot. He served Royal Air Force in critical times of World War II and as the situation got worse many members of Royal Air Force were sent to different countries. Pakistan was fortunate that Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz along with 29 more Polish pilots, engineers and scientists migrated to Pakistan.
In Pakistan he was deployed at Karachi airbase where his primary responsibilities include train our fighter pilots and play a role in setting up technical institutes. During the first three years of his tenure, he served Academy of PAF as chief scientist too. After building capacity of members of PAF he was transferred to Peshawar airbase where his job responsibilities were even more critical.
Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz was a fighter, a brave warrior who not only fought courageously during World War II, but defended Lahore during Indo-Pak war of 1965. The nation’s asset also held the key position of PAF’s Air Marshal.
The mission of Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz’s life was to establish grounds for space engineering and he worked day and night for that in Pakistan. Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz worked closely with Dr. Abdus Salam, the only Noble prize winner of the country and was among those few people who convinced President Ayub Khan that how important it is for Pakistan to have space and nuclear program. As a true patriot Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz had all of his faith in Pakistan’spotential to grow as the strongest nation of the region. He believed that that day is not far away when Pakistan will haveits own nuclear and space program which will help the country maintaining peace and sovereignty. His dream came true, but he wasn’t able to see its realization. Pakistan launched its firstdigital communication satellite in 1990 that was exactly 10 years after the demise of the prodigious scientist and engineer. He was also involved in the launch of Rehbar-1, Pakistan’s first rocket. Rather, he is believed to be the chief designer and developer of the program. Towards the end of his career he was serving Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) of Pakistan as administrator.









Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz met an unfortunate deadly accident on January 8, 1980 leaving a legacy of intellectualism and technological advancement behind. He was buried in Christian Cementary in Karachi with full military honor. His name is engraved on a memorial there along with other Polish scientists that served the country, at Monument of General Władysław Turowicz in PAF Museum Karachi and as General Władysław Turowicz at Space Complex (SUPARCO), Lahore Center. As an individual he has received many honors like Sitara-e-Pakistan, Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Khidmat, Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Abdus Salam Award in Aeronautical Engineering and ICTP Award in Space Physics.

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His wife Zofia Turowics was the first female pilot of Pakistan

• • Zofia and Władysław Turowicz – Pakistanis By Choice

Mar 3rd, 2012 | By Agnieszka Piasecka | Category: Latest, Pakistan, Social
I, the author of this memorial, am a 31 years old urban female who lives in a big developed capital city of the 18thwealthiest economy in the world and every single day I am fed with stories of blasts and bombings and picture of hostile Muslim world, especially Pakistan.

However I am an orientalist focused on East Asia and a traveller. So my mind embraces the core of the matter and not just the media image. Yet I humbly admit that I was always reluctant and afraid to go to Karachi or Islamabad having impression that I will be either abducted or killed in an ambush as a foreigner.

My surprise however was big when today on the radio I heard about the death and burial of Zofia Turowicz. Both she and her husband left Poland in 1939 to join the battlefield of the Second World War. The political changes on the map of Europe never allowed them to go back because Stalinist regime hunted down intellectuals and officers of pre-war independent Poland. Mrs Turowicz or Turowiczowa how her last name is gendered in old-style Polish, was one of the first ever Pakistani gliding teachers who created gliding training programme, the basis for later military pilots, as early as in 1950. She stopped military career in 1957 and later worked at the American School and the University of Karachi where she taught applied mathematics and other core subjects.

Her husband Władysław Turowicz died in 1980 after long term career in Pakistani military aviation industry and forces. He came to Pakistan in 1948 and his wife joined soon after for the three-year contract with Pakistan Air Force which aimed to transform Pakistan Air Force into permanent and effective Air Force of the region. Turowicz set up technical institutes in Karachi. He taught and revitalized Pakistan Air Force Academy as its chief scientist. He initially led the technical training in the airbase and a part of the Polish specialists in the technical section in Karachi. However, they were transferred and accommodated in Peshawar.

In 1952, Turowicz, along with several Polish fighters, were promoted to the rank of Wing Commander. He was also promoted to the rank Lieutenant Commander when he became an Air Force Commander of Pakistan Air Force’s Chaklala Airbase. Promoted several times again along with other Polish Air Force general, became an Air Commodore and a Deputy Chief of Air Staff, in charge of Pakistan Air Force Training Department.

Turowicz was involved in building the face of what is called modern Pakistan. His service added to the pride of the new nation and likely added Polish sense of being statesman to the military and scientific personnel he trained over the years.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Turowicz along with other Polish pilots rose to prominence and fame as they helped in successfully defending Lahore and Pakistan. Turowicz, Squadron Leader Anotnii Zbigniew Jedryszek, and other Polish pilots were awarded the Sitara-e-Pakistan. Honorary Pakistani citizenship was also bestowed upon Turowicz, as well as, some other Polish pilots by the President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan.

Turowicz was actively and heavily involved in Pakistan’s space program. According to his close sources, Turowicz was passionate and fascinated with the Russian and American space program. In 1966, the Government of Pakistan transferred him to SUPARCO, Pakistan’s national space agency, where he worked as a chief scientist and an aeronautical engineer. Together with noted Pakistani theoretical physicist, Dr. Abdus Salam, who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 convinced president Khan to launch space program for peaceful purposes. He was sure that Pakistan will develop rocket technology and launch its first satelite due course of time. He insisted on sufficient funds for research and development of this sector. His prediction came true, when 10 years after the death of Air. Mar. Gen. Władysław Turowicz, Pakistan launched its first indigenously developed experimental digital communication satellite from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China aboard a Long March 2E. His vision did come true but unfortunately, he wasn’t there to see it.

He successfully convinced the United States Government to invest and train Pakistan’s scientists in the field of rocket technology. He is widely credited with setting up the rocket fuel factories and rocket technology laboratories and research institutes in Pakistan. He was one of the chief designers of Sonmiani Satellite Launch Centre.

He did not stop with Space Programme though. Turowicz initiated himself Nuclear weapons programme in 1970 and laid foundation of research and production that led to Pakistani independent source of Nuclear military potential.

His entire family lived in Pakistan ever since they have entered the country in 1948. His three daughters live in Pakistan and two of them married Pakistanis.

Zofia and Władysław Turowicz were partners both on the ground and in the air where she often joined him as a navigator during his flights. They both had independent military aviation careers before arrival to Pakistan and had been multiawarded and internationally recognised gliders and para shooters.

They are both buried at the catholic cemetery in Karachi in Pakistan and both had been awarded Pakistani citizenship.

Their story reminded me to watch the world with my own eyes and be even more curious and even more brave and less cuffed in the ready stereotypes I am being fed everyday by media and society.

About the author
Aga is a student of International Relations at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. She had also been awarded with grants to perform research in Korea and has long term personal interest in East and South Asian contemporary socioeconomic and political affairs. She maintains a blog at Coastal Asia Unrevealed

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City Secret – Hello Mr. Władysław Turowicz

Rest in Peace Hero

A Polish hero who defended Lahore in 1965 war. The Pioneer of SUPARCO. Rocket Missile Man of Pakistan. A Polish who chose Karachi as his eternal abode. Here is a toast to Władysław Turowicz. Here is a toast to Karachi’s diversity. Spare sometime and say hello to him. He rests in peace at Gora Qabrustan.

Władysław Turowicz came to Pakistan in 1948 after Pakistan High Commission in London announced vacancies for technicians and pilots in Pakistan Airforce. He along with a group of 30 other Poles were posted at Drigh Road Base in Karachi. Zofia, his wife, taught Mathematics at the Karachi American School and also trained gliding to Air Cadets in Karachi and Rawalpindi. She later taught at Karachi University as well. In 1961 the couple obtained Pakistani citi¬zenship. During the 1965 war, Turowicz rose to prominence when he defended Lahore as a pilot. He also ensured supply chain of local spareparts for Airforce after the supplies stopped from abroad. After his retirement from Airforce in 1967, he joined SUPARCO where he worked till 1970. He was chosen by famous nobel laureate Dr. Abdus Salam to lead Pakistan to the excellence in rocket and space technology. He was instrumental in launching first Pakistani Satellite and acheiving breakthroughs in rocket and missile program.

His wife and daughters stayed back in Pakistan. Two of his daughters married Pakistanis and the third married a Bangladeshi. Władysław Turowicz passed away in 1980 and was buried in the Gora Qabrustan. PAF Museum Karachi has placed a memorial plaque in his honor. He was awarded Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Sitara-e-Pakistan and Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam


Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz Credits: Unknown


In his memory – Photo Credits: Besal on Virtual Tourist


In his memory – Photo Credits: Besal on Virtual Tourist


Rest in Peace Hero

Amazing i didn't knew that we need to make documentary, films, youtube videos on them educate our youngs and masses and honor the ones that are alive.

There is a documentary on him in Polish it would be epic if a telefilm on him is made on 23 March
He was one of many Poles who served in paf
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/documentary-on-polish-pilots-in-pakistan-air-force.375134/

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/city-secret-polish-connection.410872/

I learned about him on PDF, why doesn't Pakistan's school books mention him? There is all praise for the Arab invader but no mention of a foreigner who actually helped Pakistan when it needed the most.

Awam ka hero khadim rizvi hy

Cant disclose much, but the family does gives distinct e.Eurpeoan and pakistani look. Theyre just like normal citizen of Pakistan, Very sweet people

His son still works for suparco from what i remember

@Zibago incoming in 3....2.....1....

@django

Dude i wanted to comment at the moment i got tagged but at that time i was on my phone and you know how difficult it is to use pdf on phone particularly in cases which require heavy copy pasting

Zibago is a huge admirer of this great fellow.Kudos bhai

He had a dream of Pakistan in the space age our missile and nuclear program owe huge thanks to him and Abdus Salam
Hope a tv channel makes atleast a telefilm to highlight his contribution

nice

Vous parle polskei ?

 

[My-Analogous]

Air Commodore Józef Marian Turowicz

Turowicz was a prominent and noted Polish Pakistani military scientist and an aeronautical engineer. He is considered as one of the chief architects of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan's space program. Turowicz, an eminent rocket scientist and an aeronautical engineer, was the leading and central figure in Pakistan's drive to develop high-tech rocket and missile technology of its own. He is considered one of the pioneers of Pakistan's space program, playing a central role in Pakistan's aviation and aerospace industry.

He was one of thirty Polish pilots in total who came and went after serving a contractual period in the PAF, usually of one year, starting in 1948 or so when it was still the RPAF. Some spent a longer time of contract. None of the Poles became naturalized Pakistani citizens. None of them ever took part in any combat. The only exception was Turowicz. Both he and his wife very early on adopted Pakistani nationality.

Turowicz made significant contributions to Pakistan's missile/rocket program as a chief aeronautical engineer and has recently been referred to as the "Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan" by some of the prominent defense analysts for his work towards the development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. In Pakistan, he is highly respected as a scientist and noted aeronautical engineer.

Zofia, his wife, taught Mathematics at both the Karachi Grammar School (in fact, Mrs Norma Fernandes, later headmistress KGS, was one of her students) and the American school and also trained gliding to Air Cadets in Karachi and Rawalpindi.

As a qualified fighter pilot and a qualified engineer he did introduce several engineering and operational innovations that surprised the enemy during 1965 war as well as the original manufacturers of the aircraft and avionics for which he was awarded a medal.

He was seconded to SUPARCO as its chief whilst still in PAF. He continued as SUPARCO's chief after his retirement from PAF.

He was instrumental in launching first Pakistani Satellite and achieving breakthroughs in Pakistan’s rocket and missile programs. Turowicz was the administrator of Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) from 1967 to 1970, and towards the end of his career, he was appointed to the post of Air Vice Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force.

Turowicz died in Karachi aged 72 in 1980.

Statue of Turowicz at PAF Museum Karachi.

One of silent Hero of Pakistan. We nation salute you sir

hat off from myself

 

[Nilgiri]

Dude i wanted to comment at the moment i got tagged but at that time i was on my phone and you know how difficult it is to use pdf on phone particularly in cases which require heavy copy pasting

You got here in the end is all that matters bro. Delayed launch but successful one

 

[Umair Nawaz]

Cant disclose much, but the family does gives distinct e.Eurpeoan and pakistani look. Theyre just like normal citizen of Pakistan, Very sweet people

so they r pretty
then u definitely shouldnt tell me. Anyway, can they speak Urdu or not

 

[Daghalodi]

Omg!! This is brilliant!!

Thankyou for sharing this

 

[salarsikander]

so they r pretty
then u definitely shouldnt tell me. Anyway, can they speak Urdu or not

They're like normal citizen of Pakistan. What does that tell you ?

 

[IceCold]

One learns every day. Never knew about the guy until today. Thank you for the valuable information.
I hope Indians stop calling our missiles as painted chinese copies.

 

[blueazure]

the poles are a brave nation, stuck between the powerful austro hungarian , later prussian ( german )empires to the west and a ruthless russia to this east, they were sandwiched and had to accommodate both

in ww2, poland lost the most number of men/civilians , first via soviet invasion and then later on, via the german blitz and subsequent occupation.

a few chapters to read if one wants to visit their bloody history

1 , murder of polish officers by soviet NKVD in ww2
2. polish pilots in Battle of Britain
3. warsaw uprising

after ww2 they became a soviet satellite and were under their influence till 1989.

modern poland is wealthy, rapidly modernizing, has a well equipped military , and again stuck between balancing russia to the east and nato the west . the irony ,,

 

[abc123xyx]

why pakistan always try copy indian tittles...?

 

[SecularNationalist]

and again stuck between balancing russia to the east and nato the west . the irony ,,

I guess thats because of its geopolitical position