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For Your Freedom and Ours
Lynne Olson
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Description for For Your Freedom and Ours
Paperback. Members of the Polish air force fought through the defeat of their own country in 1939 and then alongside the French until the fall of France the following year, when they made their varied ways to Britain. There, the Poles were among the Air Force's most successful aces. This book tells the story of the Polish pilots. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
Members of the Polish Air Force fought through the defeat of their own country in 1939 and then alongside the French until the fall of France the following year, when they made their varied ways to Britain. There the Poles were among the Royal Air Force's most successful ace pilots. During the Battle of Britain, the pilots of the all-Polish Kosciuszko Squadron - 303 Squadron to the RAF - shot down more German planes than any other squadron. According to Britain's wartime air force minister, without the Polish pilots 'our shortage of trained pilots would have made it impossible to ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099428121
SKU
V9780099428121
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Ref
99-2
About Lynne Olson
Stanley W. Cloud and Lynne Olson are the authors of The Murrow Boys, an entertaining history book about the adventures of CBS radio broadcaster Edward R. Murrow and his team of broadcast journalists during World War Two. They live in Washington, D. C.
Reviews for For Your Freedom and Ours
An astonishing achievement! Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud give us a fascinating account of the extremely well documented heroic and daring struggle of a group of Polish military pilots and through it they present us a glimpse of the harrowing history of Poland and Europe during the Second World War.
Ryszard Kapuscinski A wonderful story, wonderfully told. Heroism and ... Read more
Ryszard Kapuscinski A wonderful story, wonderfully told. Heroism and ... Read more