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Museum Honours Polish Airmen Who Fought In The Battle Of Britain

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    Morlar
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    Will check out the podcast later, didn't realise they were the most successful RAF squadron of the Battle of Britain

    This date has been specifically selected to commemorate 70th anniversary of the withdrawal of 303 (Polish) Squadron from the front line after a successful tour of duty which recorded the destruction of 126 enemy aircraft in 42 days. This made ‘303’, the most successful of all the RAF Squadrons that defended Great Britain and its peoples during the Battle of Britain.

    To enable a wider audience to understand the contribution that Polish airmen made to the RAF during this aerial campaign, a Polish language version of the podcast will also be available from the Museum’s website enabling those Poles who do not have English as a second language to learn about the debt that the British people owe to Poland and its brave airmen.

    Peter Dye, Director General of the Royal Air Force Museum, states:

    ‘The freedoms that we enjoy today were fought for in the skies above Britain during the summer of 1940. The largest of the overseas contingents serving in Fighter Command came from Poland. These airmen had seen their country over-run but were determined to fight on. Some served with the French Air Force only to experience defeat again. Some reached England after a long and perilous journey. All had a burning passion to defeat the enemy. They offered their lives for an ideal, for a land from which they were exiled and for a country that was not their own. Their sacrifice and willingness to defend our nation provides an enduring example of selflessness that resonates down the years. In this podcast we describe a time when the peoples of Europe came to our aid at the time of our greatest peril. We express our gratitude for the bravery and dedication of those many Polish Veterans who served in the Royal Air Force to defend our freedom and to secure the future that we now all enjoy.’


  • #3
    Artur.PL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Artur.PL


    Morlar wrote: »
    Will check out the podcast later, didn't realise they were the most successful RAF squadron of the Battle of Britain
    Also it was most famous squadron because of the book "Squadron 303" by Arkady Fiedler( which everyone had to read in primary school :) )
    Other really excellent book is "A question of Honor The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of WWII"by L. Olsen and S. Cloud.

    There were much more Polish squadrons and other units like i.e. Flight 1586 (Special Duties Squadron 1568)which is almost unknown but I think quite important.

    More about 1586


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