The Polish Air Force Personnel’s Way from Poland to Great-Britain Between 1939–1940
Copyright (c) 2024 Petra Kovács
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Abstract
After September 1939, Poland (so called then as Second Polish Republic) fell apart. A government in exile was set up in France. Here they discussed possible ways of reorganising the Polish Air Force and how to carry it out. The soldiers fled through Romania and Hungary to France, where they were allowed to train and deploy after the reorganisation. But in 1940, after France’s capitulation, the entire crew was evacuated to Britain.
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