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Music: Republika - Nie pytaj o Polskę [ Republic- Don't Ask About Poland ] Polski Dywizjon 302 i 303 Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303 Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle. The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej) No. 302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznański) No. 303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kościuszki) No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Śląskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego) No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego) No. 306 "City of Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron (Toruński) No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy) No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski) No. 309 "Czerwień" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwieńskiej) No. 315 "City of Dęblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Dębliński) No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski) No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wileński) No. 318 "City of Gdańsk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdański) No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus)

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: DAGFEN

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Aptitude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You are entitled to your opinion but unfortunately neither the German or Russian leaders took much notice of Poland's views before they invaded and killed untold millions therefore I don't think the majority of Polish people would agree with your observations, what the Russians did was shorten WW2 and there is no way Germany could have invaded either the UK or US, it would have been suicide on their part.
kwadrat89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I mean England STARTED a war seriously when Hitler begun Battle of Britain. And THEN you rescued yourself. Later ALL OF ALLIES fought with Nazis to the end.
SimosSuperWhiteArmy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i understand they were evil but they still saved poland and probably the world as i think russia were the main force without them the world would fall under nazi control even the united states would fall without them, my opinion anyway.
Aptitude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I admire your perseverance. I don't think you can mention Russia in WW2 without mentioning the Stalin, it was he who ordered the Soviet invasion of the 'independent' state of Poland long before Germany declared war on Russia. I can understand you are proud of your countries achievements but don't let that cloud your opinions when studying history. No matter how bad the Germans were the Russian leaders were just as evil, as evil to your own people as they were to their neighbours.
SimosSuperWhiteArmy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
if we only rescued ourself who rescued you?
SimosSuperWhiteArmy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you say were did i study history. well britain russia and america were in world war 2 am i correct. And i never even mentioned anything about stalin so dont know why you decided to throw him in to the reply. I dont see what i said wrong my history is perfectly fine since i collect ww2 memorabilia. And also fighting the Nazis was saving Poland think about it.
Slater071 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Listen...i know that Sir Winston Churchill is the Icon of the War and that his heroic troops defeated the Germans single-handedly at Battle of Britain... ...but the Soviets as the Superpower of the allies with a greater military than all combined killed 7.7 million Germans (75% +).. then at 1945 summit one of the smaller allies america requested the Soviets help defeat Japan of which the huge Soviet invasion of Mancuria a key victory.
kwadrat89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
OK. I agree, that Chamberlain tried to keep peace at all costs. But he was't one person, who survived WW1. I think, that almost everyone was against another conflict. In my opinion his and French government should be more decisive from the first. Than Nazis couldn't become so powerful. That is my point. They were too passive, what bring them on another global conflict.
Aptitude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You have a simplistic, black and white, bias view of history which is not worthy of consideration, I would encourage you to join your local library and educate yourself.
Aptitude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's a weird post, its so easy with the benefit of hindsight to be so critical of people who did all they could to avoid war, maybe misguidedly such as in the case of the much maligned Chamberlain who was in fact a decent honest man so traumatised by the first world war after the loss of a million British soldiers fighting for your Europe's freedom that he could not contemplate it being possible that someone would repeat such a catastrophe again. You should be more careful with your opinions.

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