THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - Other personalities present - General Władysław Sikorski (far left, background), the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Marshal William Sholto Douglas, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Fighter Command (background); Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory (behind Oxland), the Commander of No. 11 Fighter Group; and one of two Wing Commanders present during the ceremony - either A. B. Everton or H. C. Biles (far left). Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz presenting Air Vice Marshal Robert Oxland, the Commander of No. 1 Group RAF, with
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - Other personalities present - General Władysław Sikorski (far left, background), the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Marshal William Sholto Douglas, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Fighter Command (background); Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory (behind Oxland), the Commander of No. 11 Fighter Group; and one of two Wing Commanders present during the ceremony - either A. B. Everton or H. C. Biles (far left). Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz presenting Air Vice Marshal Robert Oxland, the Commander of No. 1 Group RAF, with the Order of Polonia Resistuta in recognition of the part he played in the organisation of the Polish Air Force in Britain. Photograph probably taken at Hotel Rubens, London, 29 May 1942 Royal Air Force, Polish Air Force, Sholto-Douglas, William, Sikorski, Władysław, Raczkiewicz, Władysław, Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, Oxland, Robert Dickinson
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