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FWIW I actually feel the Polish Forces plugging the Falaise gap at Hill 262 in Normandy get the least recognition. They were getting hammered on both sides, from the German's trying to get out of the pocket and from the outside by the German's trying to keep the gap open.
Wulbert
But sadly, no Polish were allowed in Celebration March because Labour Govt. didn't want to annoy their communist Russian friends.
"Great Britain declared war on Germany September 3, 1939, in the defense of Poland. Yet, in 1946 with the London Victory Celebration after the defeat of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II, there were no Polish Armed Forces represented. Polish forces fought valiantly along side the British during the war—consider what happened during the battle of Monte Cassino and which troops finally captured the abbey at great cost to themselves."
Bloobird,
Let us also remember the brave Polish airmen who flew in the Battle of Britain:
A total of 145 experienced and battle-hardened Polish airmen fought in the Battle of Britain - 79 airmen in various RAF squadrons, 32 in No. 302 (Polish) Fighter Squadron and 34 in No. 303 (Polish) Fighter Squadron.
On 13 August Hermann Göring launched the Luftwaffe’s all-out air assault on Britain. This day, called Adlertag ('Eagle Day') was the first day of the Germans' Adlerangriff ('Attack of the Eagles') operation. For the next few months, the RAF and the Luftwaffe would engage in a series of intense air battles as the Germans sought to destroy RAF Fighter Command and secure control of the skies over England ahead of their planned invasion.
Polish pilots in RAF squadrons played a substantial part in all operations against the Luftwaffe in increasing numbers. One of the finest examples of their work was a remarkable feat accomplished by Sergeant Antoni Glowacki of No. 501 Squadron RAF, who on 24 August claimed five enemy bombers, which were shot down in three combat sorties over one day. He was one of only three pilots who achieved 'Ace-in-a-Day' status during the battle and recalls the day's actions in his memoirs: 'Suddenly a Defiant with a Messerschmitt 109 on its tail flashed across my path between me and the Junkers. I am now firing at the Messerschmitt and see my bursts sink into its fuselage and wings. He is hit and goes down closely behind the Defiant, which trials black smoke. Both aircraft crash into the sea below'.
BlooBird... not quite such a poignant tale as yours.... but it reminded me of Roald Dahl talking about his time as a fighter pilot in WW2.... he spoke of the modern use of the "stress" as being diluted and overused.... he described stress as seeing a Messerschmidt in your rear window...
"One of the last surviving pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War Two, Flight Lieutenant Maurice Mounsdon, has died aged 101.
Mr Mounsdon was one of only four remaining members of "The Few" - a group of 3,000 airmen who defended the skies above southern England from the Nazis in 1940.
In 2015, the veteran told the BBC what happened when a German cannon shell hit the fuel tank of his Hawker Hurricane in August 1940"
He should have got a Knighthood but it seems that you have do something really important, such as hit a tennis ball over the net at Wimbledon, to get a gong nowadays !