They were 23, 25 and 29. Natalka, Justyna, Basia. Beautiful, ambitious, intelligent girls. Their task was to guarantee the comfort of the Polish delegation going to Katyń on 10 April 2010 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn crime. Flight PLF 101 ended at Smolensk. 96 people on board died.
Stewardesses from the 36th peculiar Transport Aviation Regiment: Justyna Moniuszko, was buried on 20 April 2010 in the city cemetery in Białystok; Natalia Januszko and Barbara Matianczyk were at remainder on 25 April in the Smolenska 4th at the Military Cemetery in Powązki.
Military Downstairs, a monument to Smolensk disaster victims unveiled on November 10, 2010. Photo: Mariusz Barył / paper Tribunalska. Click to enlarge.
Military Knights, Smolensk Quarter. Photo: Mariusz Barył / paper Tribunalska. Click to enlarge.
Military Doves, Natalia's tombstone. Photo: Mariusz Barył / paper Tribunalska. Click to enlarge.
Military Doves, Barbara's tombstone. Photo: Mariusz Barył / paper Tribunalska. Click to enlarge.
Cemetery in Białystok. Moniuszko's household grave. Photo: Dawid Gromadzki / UM Białystok. Click to enlarge.Posthumous decorations, honor funerals, rich gravestones, flowers... It's all for us. Even memory is for us. There's nothing for them.
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• Photo: Mariusz Barył / paper Tribunalska
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