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. Air Marshal Charles Portal, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, nailing the new Polish Air Force standard to the flag pole at the presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, is in the left background Royal Air Force, Polish Air
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. Air Marshal Charles Portal, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, nailing the new Polish Air Force standard to the flag pole at the presentation ceremony at RAF Swinderby, 16 July 1941. General Władysław Sikorski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, is in the left background Royal Air Force, Polish Air Force, Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon, Sikorski, Władysław
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