Today is the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain day. Remembering the airmen of the Polish Air Force who helped to contribute to the Allied victory in the Battle of Britain and the decisive defeat of the Luftwaffe. reddit.com/gallery/italr8
TIL Over 140 Polish pilots flew in the British Air Force during the Battle of Britain, making them the largest non-British nationality in the force. 2nd was New Zealand, and 3rd was Canada. Nearly a quarter of the pilots that fought for the RAF and RN in the Battle of Britain were not British. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonβ¦
Jerzy Eligiusz Glowczewski, 97, who was born in Poland, fled when the Nazis invaded, joined Britain's Royal Air Force and flew 100 millions with the No. 308 "City of Krakow" Polish fighter squadron. He was the last surviving member of the squadron, and died in Manhattan. nytimes.com/2020/05/14/obβ¦
For Battle of Britain Day yesterday, here's the flag of the Polish Air Forces in exile
"Poland's Warriors of the Air", Great Britain, 1940-41 (Polish War Relief)
"Poland's Warriors of the Air", Great Britain, 1940-41 (Polish War Relief)
WWII --- Polish fighter ace Stanislaw Skalski. He shot down approximately 20 German aircraft, flying with the British Royal Air Force. He flew in the British Spitfire and U.S. P-51 Mustang. He fought in Poland (1939), Britain (1940), North Africa (1943), Italy (1943), and France (1944). [640x916]
Polish fighter ace Stanislaw Skalski. He shot down approximately 20 German aircraft, flying with the British Royal Air Force. He flew in the British Spitfire and U.S. P-51 Mustang. He fought in Poland (1939), Britain (1940), North Africa (1943), Italy (1943), and France (1944).
Royal Air Force in Britain now contains pilots from 14 countries, from Czech & Polish to Jamaican. Indian Air Force pilots arrived today:
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Polish fighter ace Stanislaw Skalski. He shot down approximately 20 German aircraft, flying with the British Royal Air Force. He flew in the British Spitfire and U.S. P-51 Mustang. He fought in Poland (1939), Britain (1940), North Africa (1943), Italy (1943), and France (1944).
Polish fighter ace Stanislaw Skalski. He shot down approximately 20 German aircraft, flying with the British Royal Air Force. He flew in the British Spitfire and U.S. P-51 Mustang. He fought in Poland (1939), Britain (1940), North Africa (1943), Italy (1943), and France (1944).
"Third dose in Great Britain" Polish satire by wyborcza.pl/andrzejrysuje
Hi guys.I had a great-grand father from Polish air force and RAF and serve in Polish Soviet war.I found this in my home and it says:"bojownikΓ³w niepodlegΕoΕci" eng. "Defenders of independence".Do you guys know from what time/year is it?
"Polish fighter ace Stanislaw Skalski. He shot down approximately 20 German aircraft, flying with the British Royal Air Force. He flew in the British Spitfire and U.S. P-51 Mustang. He fought in Poland (1939), Britain (1940), North Africa (1943), Italy (1943), and France (1944)." by neuhmz in poland
What if Hitler had in rebuilding the Germany army and air force had also put as much treasury/training into his navy? Would this have produced any different results in the war? Such as in Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain or Operation Torch?
General WΕadysΕaw Sikorski's visit to the Polish Air Force training center in Bron. From the right: General JΓ³zef ZajΔ
c, General WΕadysΕaw Sikorski, General V. Denain. Also visible Morane Saulnier MS 406 fighter planes.Date of the event: 1940-03-27
Britain and Poland to work together on new billion dollar Polish air defence system ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bβ¦
Waterloo Warbirds, based at the Region of Waterloo International Airport just east of Kitchener, Ontario recently announced that they are booking rides in their MiG-15. Nicknamed Natasha, this aircraft is actually a former Polish Air Force example, license-built during 1954 warbirdsnews.com/warbirdsβ¦
Waterloo Warbirds, based at the Region of Waterloo International Airport just east of Kitchener, Ontario recently announced that they are booking rides in their MiG-15. Nicknamed Natasha, this aircraft is actually a former Polish Air Force example, license-built during 1954 warbirdsnews.com/warbirdsβ¦
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force dancing Polish National dances in traditional Polish costume, being taught by Polish airmen at a RAF base in Lincolnshire, in August 1944.
Posting fun facts about V4 countries easter eggs whenever I feel like it, Day 1. Polish Air Force logo in Gmod.
Beaufort bombers of the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) are taken from the dispersal areas for debriefing upon their return to a New Guinea base, after a daylight strike on the Japanese in nearby New Britain, circa 1944. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
βGreat Britain must really be struggling to find recruits from the armed forces to have to militarise their kidsβ under a video about the British sea cadets performing in London
How good was the Polish Air Force during the Battle of Britain?
I heard they took down a lot of German planes, for their style of fighting... but I can't find any confirmation.
He said what now? A misquoted segment from a speech by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, said about the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in which 1495 British airmen + crew died, all emblazoned over the flag of a country with only 11 participants...
A United States Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber "approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling during a training exercise over" England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on 29 August 2019. Photographer: USAF Staff Sgt. Jordan Castelan media.defense.gov/2019/Seβ¦
The cockpit of an Ilyushin Il-14 used by the Polish Air Force in the Pacific Coast Air Museum[4032x3024]
Britain and Poland to work together on Polish air defence system ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bβ¦
P-51 Mustang fighter planes of No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron lined up for take off at Andrews Field in Great Britain, 27 April 1945.
The Few were the pilots of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the aviators of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (RN) who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. The term comes from Winston Churchill's phrase "Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few."
P-51 "Mustang" fighter in flight, Inglewood, California, The Mustang, built by North American Aviation, is the only American-built fighter used by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain. Photo taken in October, 1942 [991 x 673]
MiG-21s and other former Soviet military aircraft of the Polish Air Force, at an air museum in KrakΓ³w, Poland - [1241x806]
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle pulls away from two F-15E Strike Eagles while performing a missing man formation in honor of Battle of Britain Day over RAF Lakenheath, England, September 24, 2021.(6019x4013)
11 year old Tadeusz Jeziorowski receiving the Polish Cross of Valor from JΓ³zef PiΕsudski. He was one of the youngest defenders of the city of PΕock, during the 1919-21 Polish-Soviet War. He later became an air force pilot and was killed in an air combat during the 1939 invasion of Poland. (1921)
Donald J. Kutyna, a Polish American who became a four-star general in the United States Air Force. He served as the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command. He was also part of the commission that investigated Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
PsBattle: A man operating a de-icer on 6 July 2016 at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. media.defense.gov/2016/Juβ¦
Everything that my Great grand father from Polish air force and RAF.send to Poland during comunist times.(sorry for quality)
P-51 "Mustang" fighter in flight, Inglewood, Calif. The "Mustang", built by North American Aviation, Incorporated, was the only American-built fighter used by the Royal Air Force of Great Britain, 1943 [961X1042] imgur.com/hZ8tZLu
Air chief Marshal of Britain Sir Hough Dowding said "Had it not been for the magnificent material contributed by the Polish squadrons and their unsurpassed gallantry I hesitate to say that the outcome of the Battle (of Britain) would have been the same." and then they send them back to Poland
Britain and Poland to work together on new billion dollar Polish air defence system ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bβ¦
