Posts Tagged ‘Kościuszko’
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Island of Last Hope
0November 25, 2013 by Lydia Syson
A group of Polish fighter pilots walking away from a Hawker Hurricane in October 1940, probably at RAF Northolt in West London. They were apparently photographed after a sortie – one of over a thousand made in the first six months alone of Squadron 303’s formation. The expressions on these young men’s faces are mixed – relief, uncertainty, perhaps even surprise and joy that they are actually still alive. keep reading
Category News | Tags: 303 squadron, anti-Polish racism, attacks on Poles, Bogusław Mierzwa, City of Poznań, First to Fight, heel-clicking, Island of Last Hope, J B Priestley, Kościuszko, Michal Lesziewicz, Polish Air Force, Polish pilots, Rumania, Stanisław Duszyński, That Burning Summer, WW2 myths
