As we're now venturing into the efforts of the Polish aircrews. this may be of some help and interest.
I'd known there were a lot of Polish fliers, but 17,000!
https://listakrzystka.pl/en/polskie-...-na-zachodzie/
Considering what they suffered, with Germany and then "friend" Russia carving up the Country, the Katyn massacre and the Warsaw Uprising, they really had a tough War.
And then not be allowed back to their Country and persecution by the Russians...