A
line-up of Polish-built PZL P.11c fighter
aircraft of the
Kosciuszko Squadron during September 1939
campaign.
The
PZL was Poland's chief fighter in 1939.
Colonel
Merian C. Cooper (center), an American member of
the post-World
War I Kosciuszko Squadron, visiting its World
War II counterpart, 303
Squadron, equipped with Supermarine Spitfire
fighters. Cooper is also known
as the producer of the classic Hollywood film
“King Kong.”
Close-up
view of the Battle of Britain commemorative
window in
Westminster Abbey, showing the white eagles that
represented
Polish squadrons that performed so heroically in
the epic air battle that
helped save England from invasion by German
forces.
A
sketch map of the situation in September 1939,
when Poland was attacked on two fronts by German
and Soviet aggression. Polish military personnel
who were able to escape being overrun by the
aggressors and made their way to Romania were
able to fight against German forces from France
and then Great Britain.
