Polish Aces of World War 2

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #21

by Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak

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

100 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 1998

Reviews

[Randall Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great overview of the title subject.