Polish Aces of World War 2

Author/Contributor(s):	Gretzyngier, Robert; Matusiak, Wojtek; Gretzyngier, Robert; Wyllie, Iain; Chappell, Mike; Grudzien, Robert
Publisher:	Osprey Publishing (UK)
Date:	07/24/1998
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Pilots of the Polish Air Force saw action from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe. Flying hopelessly outmoded P.11 fighters in defence of their country in September 1939, a handful of aviators inflicted serious losses on the Luftwaffe before being overwhelmed. The survivors escaped to then neutral Hungary and Romania, before being ordered to France by the new C-in-C of exiled Polish Armed Forces, General Sikorski. With the invasion of Western Europe in May 1940, the surviving pilots were once more thrust into desperate action in newly-formed Polish units