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Polish Battle of Britain Fighter Ace Dies
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| Fri 12 Nov 2004
Posted on 11/12/2004 1:53:46 PM PST by Lukasz
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To: Lukasz
Thanks! I'll look for that. I'll bet there will be a few names in common between the 2 books.
I like how they got their nicknames. There was one guy in Fly for your life they called "Green to black", which is how he described ditching in the channel and immediately turning submarine.
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posted on
11/12/2004 2:36:06 PM PST
by
Slump Tester
(John Kerry - When even your best still isn't good enough)
To: Lukasz
At first, the British would not let the experienced Poles, Czecks and others fly. It was only when they were running out of pilots that they let the other nationalities into the air.
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posted on
11/12/2004 2:43:28 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
Yes everything is perfectly written in the book mentioned above.
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posted on
11/12/2004 2:46:37 PM PST
by
Lukasz
(Terra Polonia Semper Fidelis!)
To: Lukasz
God bless our friends, the Poles.
Unlike our other European 'allies', they get It.
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posted on
11/12/2004 2:50:09 PM PST
by
Kommodor
(Is it just me or has the Fourth Estate become the Fifth Column?)
To: Kommodor
Now he flies with the angels and his hand "touches the face of God".
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posted on
11/12/2004 3:02:43 PM PST
by
investigateworld
(( .... Father Watch over our servicemen, for their task is righteous and the danger is great....))
To: Lukasz
I'll take one Pole over ten Frenchmen at my side any day.
One of my most treasured pieces of memorablilia is a Sosabowski Brigade emblem, given to me by a Polish veteran who couldn't believe an American had even heard of his beloved General.
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posted on
11/12/2004 3:14:09 PM PST
by
Snake65
(Osama Bin Decomposing -- NOT! Boy was I wrong)
To: Lukasz
AS a reward for their fighting against the Nazis and flying for the allies the Polish fighters had to witness their country being abandonned to the Ruskies
Ironically WWII started when Britain/France went to war against Germany because she invaded POland ( course the Ruskies invaded from the other side )
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posted on
11/12/2004 3:14:57 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: Petronski
Different but good is a British miniseries "Piece of Cake" also about the Battle of Britain
My understanding is that Battle of Britain vets weren't that enthralled with this book
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posted on
11/12/2004 3:17:51 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: Nightshift
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posted on
11/12/2004 3:59:56 PM PST
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
To: Lukasz
odwazna Polska = brave Poland
odwazny Polak = brave Pole
dziekuje za mile slowa = thanks for kind words
Now how do you actually pronounce that?
To: tutstar
Ain't many of these guys around, now one less. Be a nice gesture for our embassy to send a few Marines, and others, to the funeral, if they would.
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posted on
11/12/2004 4:15:07 PM PST
by
ChEng
To: Lukasz; LibertyRocks
Of the Battle of Brittan, Winston Churchill said,
"Never have so few done so much for so many".
Skalski was one of the few.
(Hope I got that quote right)
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posted on
11/12/2004 4:24:56 PM PST
by
tjg
To: snopercod
"jailed and sentenced to death by the communist authorities on allegations he was a Western spy"
Could happen anywhere, si?
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posted on
11/12/2004 4:33:09 PM PST
by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: First_Salute
These days, he would be prevented from learning to fly by the TSA.
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posted on
11/12/2004 4:46:26 PM PST
by
snopercod
(Bigger government means clinton won. Less freedom means Osama won. Get it?)
To: ChEng
Yes we're slowly losing them.
My uncle was in 487th bomb group. He was a gunner/togglier. They flew 33 missions including Battle of the Bulge and Dunkirk. The entire crew is still living and they now meet yearly. There is a book written about them titled 2 Ladies and 9 Gentlemen From Hell.
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posted on
11/12/2004 5:00:16 PM PST
by
tutstar
( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
To: Lukasz
Skalski was born on October 27, 1915, in the village of Kodyma, Poland, and graduated from Polish pilot training school in 1938. Interesting, Paul Tibbets, commander of the ENOLA GAY, the aircraft (and the unit) that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, also was born in 1915 and won his wings in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1938. Tibbets was the squadron commander of the 8th Army Air Force unit, the first U.S. unit, to bomb a target over Nazi occupied Europe in August 1942 ... a bombing raid on Rouen, France. Paul W. Tibbets, went on to become a general in the U.S. Air Force, retired, is still alive and resides in Columbus, OH.
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posted on
11/12/2004 5:20:21 PM PST
by
BluH2o
To: Lukasz
3 cheers for the Greatest Generation!
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To: Lukasz
I live in Columbus, Ohio - Our library rocks!
I reserved it online, and can pick it up tomorrow. Thanks!
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posted on
11/12/2004 6:51:42 PM PST
by
Slump Tester
(John Kerry - When even your best still isn't good enough)
To: Lukasz
Thanks for posting this.
General Skalski is one of my few true heroes. I have a limited edition print signed by him on the wall of my office.
To fight hard, and lose your country twice, is a bitter thing - yet he survived to see freedom!
May you rest in peace, General...
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posted on
11/12/2004 10:01:28 PM PST
by
Strzelec
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