THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - The new Polish Air Force standard was made by women and their families in Wilno (Vilnius) in Poland, then under the Soviet occupation, and was smuggled to Sweden by Japanese diplomats from where it eventually reached Britain in March 1941. General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, decorating Sergeant Zygmunt Popławski of No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron, wounded and immobilised on stretchers, with Virtuti Militari at the new Polish Air Force standard presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. Sergeant Popławski was
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - The new Polish Air Force standard was made by women and their families in Wilno (Vilnius) in Poland, then under the Soviet occupation, and was smuggled to Sweden by Japanese diplomats from where it eventually reached Britain in March 1941. General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, decorating Sergeant Zygmunt Popławski of No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron, wounded and immobilised on stretchers, with Virtuti Militari at the new Polish Air Force standard presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. Sergeant Popławski was also promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer during the ceremony Royal Air Force, Polish Air Force, Polish Air Force, 301 "Land of Pomerania" Bomber Squadron, Sikorski, Władysław, Popławski, Zygmunt
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