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Old 7th Sep 2018, 16:29
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Franek Grabowski
 
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Sure, no problem.

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Bruno or Bronisław Szota rangs a bell with me. I need to check, but it sounds more than familiar. If torpedoed, then he belonged to a group evacuated with the Polish Army from the Soviet Unioninto Persia, and then send to Karachi for training, but diverted to the UK. They were torpedoed on Empress of Canada I think. A very unpleasant experience, with lots of sharks.
Sounds most interesting.

In regard of VV, I guess it was target tug. There were plenty of non standard types operated successfully, including captured ones, so I do not think there was any problem with servicing, especially given a number of USAAF units in the area. I suppose there might have been more photos of the aircraft on the original roll of film.
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