Description

Illustrated throughout, this book describes the action pilots of the Polish Air Force saw from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe.

Flying hopelessly outmoded P.11 fighters in defence of their country in September 1939, a handful of aviators inflicted serious losses on the Luftwaffe before being overwhelmed. The survivors escaped to then neutral Hungary and Romania, before being ordered to France by the new C-in-C of exiled Polish Armed Forces, General Sikorski.

As this book describes, with the invasion of Western Europe in May 1940, the surviving pilots were once more thrust into desperate action in newly-formed Polish units

Table of Contents

The Last and the First
Into Battle
Sikorski's Troops
Battle for Britain
PAF Reborn
Northolt Wing
Shalski's Circus
USAAF Connection
Invasion and On
Whatever Happened to the Heroes
Appendices

Product details

Published Jan 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 100
ISBN 9781472800589
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 21
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Robert Gretzyngier

Robert Gretzyngier is a co-editor of Poland's most…

Author

Wojtek Matusiak

Wojtek Matusiak is a co-editor of Poland's most pr…

Illustrator

Robert Gretzyngier

Robert Gretzyngier is a co-editor of Poland's most…

Illustrator

Iain Wyllie

Illustrator

Mike Chappell

MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with…

Illustrator

Robert Grudzien

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