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Old 30th Aug 2018, 11:48
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Chugalug2
 
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Icare9:-
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...
Many thanks for that link Icare9. Thanks to Franek I now know that Victor Fontes (actually Wiktor Cepiński-Flegel) was not a pilot as I thought but an Air Observer, later to become a Navigator of course. Also of interest was that he was born in Georgia and died at the young age of 66. His awards are given as 3xKW, ML, and ODRK. Could you please give us a translation Franek?

Quite agree about the duff hand the Poles were dealt with, Icare9. I think they were also denied a place in the London Victory Parade for fear of offending our Russian allies.
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