Polish Air Forces
 

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http://www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/131358:1/h:195/

http://www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/140560/h:195/

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List of Cmentaries where there are graves of Polish pilots:

http://www.polishairforce.pl/_cmwszystkieraf.html

of course list is not full - if you know missing here on the list places please kindly inform.

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Song for Polish pilot Skalski (Virtual Monument for Polish pilots fighting over UK sky)):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJKC6...eature=related

I am proud that my country had a wonderful pilots . We had a small army of pilots but they have a big heart for battle and fight ;)

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Excellent recording of the song Kris !;)
can I send you a pm for some info?? all the best Frankiestein

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I paste only link this is job another guy from Poland ;)

Here is author - name: Maciek (nick:Maciek76 from Legnica in Poland) of this great job:
https://forum.ioh.pl/viewtopic.php?t=2876

More Polish Air Forces, here is a lot of interesting photos like this from second link :
http://www.polishairforce.pl/menuraf.html
http://www.polishairforce.pl/pftzdj/1.jpg

More:
http://www.polishairforce.pl/pftzdj.html

BR

Kris

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But You should to see true, here is another film about Polish pilots with English speaker and Polish text below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ptijNcDanVw

You have there comments from Polish real veterans in film.

Best regards,

Kris

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Im afraid that has been blocked by channel 4 its a shame:mad:

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"...This dramatised documentary recounts how, during the most decisive phase of the Battle of the Britain, a single squadron of 34 Polish fighter pilots wreaked havoc on the Luftwaffe, in the process helping to change the course of history and overturning RAF prejudices.

From 303 Squadron's bitter struggle for acceptance when they first arrived in the UK, to the crucial part they played in averting the German invasion, and their ultimate betrayal by the Allies, this unknown story is one of the most extraordinary episodes of World War II.

Based on a diary kept by the pilots of the squadron, it is a story of increasing frustration on the part of the Poles who had already fought the Luftwaffe and now found themselves having to learn English and the RAF way of doing things. Meanwhile, as the Battle of Britain got underway, inexperienced British pilots were paying a heavy cost.

Belatedly, the Poles were cleared for active service and had an immediate impact. In their first week they shot down 40 enemy aircraft, making them the highest scoring RAF squadron. By the time the Battle of Britain was won, they had claimed 126 enemy planes. But as the war ended, their joy turned to despair as they saw their own country handed to Stalin. ..."'

Source , You mean this link:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/t...of-britain/4od

???

From this link I also have problem to see.

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New film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1RxJKYoxs4

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Here is shown film with one short moment when pilot (veteran) Stanislaw Skalski from Polish Divison 303 talk how was welocomed by Stalin's people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...O4qFOF-gs&NR=1
Time: 1:25 to 1:44
He say how he started contact with Soviet occupation in Poland after 1945.

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Here You can read interested story how Sklaski helped German Luftwaffe pilots:
"...Luftwaffe pilots hitted September 1939 over Poland in Hs126: Oblt pilot. Friedrich Wimmer and observer Oblt. Siegfried von Heymann of unit 3 (H) / 21)...."
and how after II WW they help him survive comunistic represion in Poland:

http://translate.googleusercontent.c...urce=undefined

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Interview with pilot Skalski by the way small story about pilot from 141 Squadron in Toruń, Capt. Florian Laskowski :

"...A big loss for the Polish Air Force was the death of Captain. Florian Laskowski, who did not return from combat flight September 2, 1939. ..."

http://translate.google.pl/translate...m.html&act=url

Here is his aircraft PZL P.11c (number 504 T) hitted 2.09.1939 during attack on the German tank:


http://i.ebayimg.com/t/selt-Archiv-F...u4w~~60_12.JPG

http://www.ebay.de/itm/selt-Archiv-F...p2047675.l2557

Skalski started to fly with similar a/c:
http://translate.google.pl/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.konflikty.pl%2Fa%2C428%2CWywi ady%2CWywiad_z_generalem_Stanislawem_Skalskim.html &act=url