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@Krystian Chruszcz TRUE THAT !!!

- South African Sanctuary For Polish Refugees Aka South Africa Provides Sanctuary (1939) -Artwork by a Polish Survivor of Soviet Deportations to Siberia

and pavany09english and polishairforce pl

all Polish Squadron polishairforce pl

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Insperato62 the people,media and the king were grateful for the polish poilets it was just parts of the British government namely Churchill who let the polish poilets down at the victory parade just after the war yet the polish did have to buy a pint in a pub in England they got free booze by the bar staff free food at restaurants in England and so on

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Dear Robin .... your appreciation and respect is strongly notified. Thank you so much our British bro in arms !! :o)) Amen.

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The Polish Air Force at War by Jerzy B. Cynk. Two volume set. Was able to find a friend listed in it. He flew with 315 just after the Battle of Britain. Lists pretty much all active pilots through the war years. Was able to find more through his individual squadron by doing searches online and a book specific to 315 Sq.

@@Jpriest13 thankyou so much for your reply, I really appreciate it

Jessie K , I'll even take a look if you're comfortable giving me his name.

Movie is in progress!

I’m sure that Hollywood is not interested in making a movie portraying Poles as heroes. Hollywood producers will not miss an opportunity for show Poles as antisemites, though. That would fit in the narrative that Hollywood promotes

Wielcy Skromni Zolnierze, byli dzielni, waleczni piekni i mlodzi a jednak walczyli i patrzyli smierci w oczy, za lepszy, piekniejszy i sprawiedliwszy Swiat, 🌹💌Dziekujemy

All the wonderful Polish gentlemen I have ever met ( and they are many... including Pilots from WW2 )would not say such a thing ..they above all knew how much they were loved and admired by us English ...We all know what was the problem ..Churchill and Stalin ..Cant help feeling you are a bit of an Idiot making that remark....(yes this is about Polish Air Force in WW 2.... not all the other Brave Nations that flew with us n the B of B).......THANKS BOYS ...GOD BLESS YOU ALL ...An English Veteran ....

***** This not on you personally, this is for those who decided about it after WW2, this is for those who not invited polish troops on Victory parade in 46...and more bad decisions made after war by British government! Sorry my fault, I wasn't precisely.

All very interesting, but what is "Churchill's shame"? The Fact that he fought tooth and nail for Polish democracy at the end of WW2, and it was Stalin with his 12.4 million strong Red army that reneged on the Yalta agreement seems to have bypassed your knowledge. Short of launching WW3 immediately against the Soviets (which Churchill had ordered plans for - see "operation unthinkable") his resolve was vetoed by the US who were the senior party in the west. His failure to secure Polish liberty was a tragedy that Churchill never forgot, so much so that the UK government IMMEDIATELY passed the 1947 Polish resettlement act that granted FULL UK residency and citizenship rights to ALL Polish service personnel that had fought in the British armed forces during WW2 (together with their families), and while some Poles CHOSE to return to their homeland (a decision they all subsequently regretted) NONE were forcibly repatriated by Britain.

Exactly! Fancy the Brits kowtowing to Stalin after the Poles had proved such strong allies!

The Poles were not some genetically bred form of "super" pilots, they'd simply gained more combat experience since Sept 1939, and as a result of their previous hard fought battles with the luftwaffe only the most succesful & resourceful Polish pilots had made it first to France and then to Great Britain, the less successful ones had already tragically perished or been captured, also remember that 303 sqd's highest scoring pilot, Josef František, was a Czech. As soon as the rest of the RAF pilots had gained more experience there was NO difference in skill levels, as is witnessed by the kill tallies at the end of WW2. Luckily for the Poles they were provided with world class fighter aircraft that were directed by world beating radar and defensive control systems courtesy of the RAF and the British taxpayer, rather than having to fly standing patrols and flying to their deaths in the likes of the PZL P.7. The charge of "not being invited to the victory parade in 1946" was inextricably linked to the concurrent east-west negotiations over the future of post war Europe, and in particular to the British desire to see democracy restored to post war Poland. The only way of achieving that goal (short of initiating a WW3 nuclear holocaust against the 12.4 million soldiers of the Red army stationed east of the "iron curtain") was negotiation with the "liberators" of Poland, the USSR, who were VERY wary of any burgeoning nationalist causes in eastern Europe, and while many Poles were invited as individuals to the parade, it was felt that Polish UNITS marching under Polish national flags in London would only damage or derail those ongoing fragile negotiations. As events turned out the Soviets stood firm and Poland remained a Soviet puppet state until 1989, as a result of the post war breakdown in those negotiations ALL Polish service personnel who served in the British armed forces during WW2 (and their families) were given FULL UK residency and citizenship rights, as witnessed by the UK 1947 Polish Resettlement Act, and though some Poles did choose to return to their homeland post WW2, the accounts I've read seem to indicate the majority regretted that decision, and NONE of the 178000 Polish service Personnel in Britain in 1945 were forcibly repatriated. We Brits are nevertheless still most appreciative of their important contribution to our collective victory against the horrors of European totalitarianism (indeed they are SPECIFICALLY honoured EVERY year at EVERY UK remembrance day parade I have attended since the 1970s), though it must still be remembered that >75% of Fighter command pilots in the battle were of British birth.

@@christinemcclymont269 What would you suggest Britain (with its European armed forces totalling 2.5 million) should have done to "eject" the Red army (numbering 12.4 million) from eastern Europe?

Totalky agree!

Not with Kronkite but with Ignazu!

Good question- but many were shot down. A Hurricane was painted in 303 Sqdrn markings and might soon visit Poland

Katarzyna Sz. I find that disrespectful of the raf,mod,British government,the queen not to allow the polish air force to take all the spitfires, hurricanes bk to Poland where they can be in polish airshow to show the polish children them two beautiful planes in the skies over Poland and build one plane of each airforce as a flying memorial to the polish poilets in the RAF like the mosquito,lancaster,Wellington,typhoon and so on like they do here in England with the spitfires,hurricanes and the Lancaster bomber in the bob memorial flight

That is what I have heard aswell. Polish gold evacuated from our banks in the begining of the war has been keep by Uk as a payemnt for renting the planes and airfields. That has not been verified to me by any document. Sad if true, but life is not far and between common people there is a great understanding of each other. Good bless GB!

How old are you?