THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - Other personalities present - General Władysław Sikorski (far left), the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory (second from the left, also decorated), the Commander of No. 11 Fighter Group; and Air Vice Marshal Robert Oxland (far right, also decorated), the Commander of No. 1 Group RAF. Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz decorating Air Marshal William Sholto Douglas, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Fighter Command, with the Order of Polonia Resistuta in recognition of the part he played in the orga
THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 - Other personalities present - General Władysław Sikorski (far left), the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory (second from the left, also decorated), the Commander of No. 11 Fighter Group; and Air Vice Marshal Robert Oxland (far right, also decorated), the Commander of No. 1 Group RAF. Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz decorating Air Marshal William Sholto Douglas, the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Fighter Command, 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. Note a photographer at work, Royal Air Force, Polish Air Force, Sholto-Douglas, William, Sikorski, Władysław, Raczkiewicz, Władysław, Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, Oxland, Robert Dickinson
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