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, accepting the new Polish Air Force standard at the presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. Air Marshal Charles Portal, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, is behind General Sikorski and Squadron Leader Marian Piotrowski, Gen
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, accepting the new Polish Air Force standard at the presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. Air Marshal Charles Portal, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, is behind General Sikorski and Squadron Leader Marian Piotrowski, General Sikorski's Adjutant, can be seen on the far left Royal Air Force, Polish Air Force, Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon, Sikorski, Władysław, Piotrowski, Marian Jan
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