Col. Andrzej Jekiorski. arrived in Plymouth on board Polish ship
"ORP Sobieski" from St. Jean de Luz, France on June 6th 1940.
He served in the armed forces in Scotland, and in 1942, trained
as a pilot, joining the 304 Polish bomber squadron. After WW2
he became a commercial pilot, and flew with Britannia until the
beginning of 1983. He was still flying at the age of 87.
He had more decorations than my local B and Q Store.
Knights cross to the order of Polonia Restituta.
Commander cross of the order of Polonia Restituta,
Order of the merit of Poland class 111 and 1V (1990)
Cross of Valour.
With thousands of commercial flights as passenger behind me,
Cpt. Jekiorski's Britannia flt. LED/LGW is the most memorable.
His welcome address whilst still on the ground in LED, and his
announcement that we were leaving Soviet airspace made life
that much better for me.
I would be interested in learning what Cpt Jekiorski did after
WW2 prior to his joining BY.? (Euravia having started in 1961)
Lance Shippey