The Polish Air Force Memorial (informally Polish War Memorial) is a war memorial in West London, England in memory of airmen from Poland who served in...
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The Polish Air Force (Polish: Siły Powietrzne, lit. 'Air Forces') is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially...
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amendments of 1939, Polish Air Force units were to be re-created. However, the French headquarters was hesitant about creating large Polish air units, and instead...
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United States Air Force Memorial honors the service of the personnel of the United States Air Force and its heritage organizations. The Memorial is located...
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On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board...
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The Air Force of the Polish Army (Polish: Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego), unofficially known as the People's Polish Air Force was the name of the Soviet-controlled...
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Per ardua ad astra (category Royal Air Force)
Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force...
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entrance to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, at the entrance to the Air Forces Memorial in Surrey, and on the Polish War Memorial in London. It was also...
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a Polish Air Force EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane, flying from Warsaw, crashed in Mirosławiec as it was attempting to land at the 12th Air Base...
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The Smolensk air disaster, included Polish Air Force Flight 101 in 2010 killing all 96 people on board. The Polish delegation was heading to Katyn to...
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United States Air Force Security Forces (SF) are the ground combat force and military police service of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. The USAF...
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branches of the Polish Armed Forces: the Air Force, the Army, the Navy and the Polish Underground Home Army. The airman is a Polish pilot from RAF 303...
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The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the...
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installations operated by the United States Air Force located within the United States and abroad. Locations where the Air Force have a notable presence but do not...
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Władysław Turowicz (redirect from Air Commodore Turowicz)
Air Commodore Władysław Józef Marian Turowicz (Urdu: ولادیسلاو جوزف مارئین تورووچ, romanized: Vladislav Joseph Torovich; Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨs...
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main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons incorporated...
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Ludomił Rayski (category Royal Air Force air marshals)
– 11 April 1977) was a Polish engineer, pilot, military officer and aviator. He served as the commander of the Polish Air Force between 1926 and 1939,...
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Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern...
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Zdzisław Henneberg (category Polish Royal Air Force pilots of World War II)
DFC, KZ***, CdeG (11 May 1911 – 12 April 1941) was a Polish airman who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain and a flying ace of the...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
bomber force. The Polish Air Force consisted of a 'Bomber Brigade', 'Pursuit Brigade' and aircraft assigned to the various ground armies. The Polish fighters...
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Franciszek Gruszka (category Polish Air Force officers)
August 1940), Polish soldier (porucznik), Flying Officer (F/O) of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. He was one of the first Polish airmen flying...
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No. 303 Squadron RAF (redirect from No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron)
squadron. Later, further air force units from this unit were renamed the 7th, 121st and 111th Escadrilles of the Polish Air Force. During the Battle of Britain...
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Warbird (section Air racing)
as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 100 Squadron, or the South African Air Force Museum Historic Flight. Although...
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the country after its independence in 1947. The Pakistan Air Force employed some 30 Polish pilots to help develop it in the initial years with three...
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Stanisław Król (category Polish Air Force officers)
his headstone shows the rank Kapitan. He is commemorated on the Polish Air Force Memorial at Northolt, Middlesex. Unusually, his name was not on the list...
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commemorate the actions of Polish squadrons that fought in the Battle of Britain, supported by the Polish Air Force Memorial Trust based at Northolt. The...
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Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Indian Air Force Heritage Museum, Chandigarh Indian Air Force Museum, Palam Indian War Memorial Museum Jaisalmer War Museum Naval...
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Jerzy Mondschein (category Polish Air Force officers)
Sikorksi Institute, London. Polish Air Force index card – P.0913 Mondschein Great Escape Memorial – JT Mondschein PolishAirForce Website - Mondschein Chorley...
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Josef František (category Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II)
October 1939. There a Polish sergeant recognised their Polish war decorations and helped to get them to join the new Free Polish Air Force at le Bourget. Once...
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Jan Zumbach (category Polish Royal Air Force pilots of World War II)
the Polish Army in 1935 and served as an infantryman until 1936 when he transferred to the Polish Air Force. After graduating the Polish Air Force Officer...
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