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The squadron's insignia was designed by Elliot William Chess (1899–1962), an American pilot serving with the Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War. To encourage the recruitment of Americans of Polish descent, the Polish military set up a unit called the Polish–American Air Group.
Bennington, Vt: Merriam Press. World War II Historical Society monograph, 41. OCLC: 50874309. ISBN 978-1-57638-024-6; 978-1-57638-072-7. Evans, Michael, 'PoW tells of escape maps printed on secret press' The Times, 23 June 1997. Garber, Megan. 2013. "How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II." The Atlantic. January 2013.
Michael Alfred Peszke, Poland's Navy, 1918-1945, New York, Hippocrene Books, 1999, 222 pp., ISBN 0-7818-0672-0. Michael Alfred Peszke, The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland & Company, 2005, 244 pp., ISBN 0-7864-2009-X.
The following article is a List of aircraft of Poland during World War II. List of 1939-1945 (Built vs Used in Combat) Fighters. PZL P.11 (175 vs 140) PZL P.7 ...
Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group, known as Tuskegee Airmen, at Ramitelli Airfield, Italy. Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group and 477th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Corps. They are also sometimes referred to as the Red Tail Angels or Red Tails ...
The European Theatre of World War II opened with the German invasion of Poland on Friday September 1, 1939, followed by the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939. On 6 October, following the Polish defeat at the Battle of Kock , German and Soviet forces gained full control over Poland.
Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
The Monument in Memory of the Polish Aviators Fallen between 1939 and 1945 (Polish: Pomnik ku czci Lotników Polskich Poległych w latach 1939–1945) in Warsaw commemorates Polish airmen who died in World War II.