AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES No 21 POLISH ACES OF WORLD WAR II

Pilots of the Polish Air Force saw action from the first day of the Second World War until the final victory in Europe. Flying hopelessly outmoded P11 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. With the invasion of Western Europe in May 1940, the surviving pilots were once more thrust into desperate action in newly-formed Polish units 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