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  2. Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Air Forces (Polish: Polskie Siły Powietrzne) was the name of the Polish Air Forces formed in France and the United Kingdom during World War II. The core of the Polish air units fighting alongside the Allies were experienced veterans of the 1939 invasion of Poland .

  3. No. 303 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

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    After the war, they were honoured by the erection of the Polish War Memorial in West London, listing the names of all Polish pilots who served in the RAF. In 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine for a second time, the number "303" was chosen by a group of Polish internet activists to name their Squad 303 which sends anti-war messages to ...

  4. Polish Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The two Polish fighter squadrons first saw action in the third phase of the Battle of Britain in August 1940, with much success; the pilots were battle-hardened and Polish flying skills had been well learned from the invasion of Poland. The pilots were regarded as fearless, sometimes bordering on reckless.

  5. No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Ppłk. pilot Jan Biały (RAF advisor s/ldr w. Graham until 8 May 1941, killed in action) 23 December 1940: 13 November 1941: Ppłk. pilot Piotr Dudziński 14 November 1941: 15 August 1942: Mjr nawigator Stanisław Poziomek 16 August 1942: 28 January 1943: Mjr pilot Kazimierz Czetowicz 29 January 1943: 18 November 1943: Kpt. pilot Mieczysław ...

  6. Polish Air Force Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Air Force Memorial [1] (informally Polish War Memorial) [2] [3] is a war memorial in West London, England in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. Over 18,000 men and women served in the Polish squadrons of the RAF during the war, and over 2,000 died.

  7. Polish Armed Forces in the West - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of aircraft of Poland during World War II - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Military history of Poland during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Armed Forces in the West fought under British command and numbered 195,000 in March 1944 and 165,000 at the end of that year, including about 20,000 personnel in the Polish Air Force and 3,000 in the Polish Navy. At the end of World War II, the Polish Armed Forces in the west numbered 195,000 and by July 1945 had increased to 228,000 ...