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Old 4th Jul 2010, 15:30
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JEM60
 
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Someone I knew, many years ago, lived in a 'Polish resettlement Camp' near Amersham, in Bucks. He was the sole survivor of seven brothers who died in the war, but he escaped, and became a driver for the Polish Generals in the U.K. He told horrendous tales of life in Warsaw, and it was very easy to understand the hatred that the Poles had for the Germans, and why they became such ferocious fighters, not just in aeroplanes. His name was Bernard Zastempowski, just in case anyone remembers him [unlikely, but there is a large Polish community in Bucks]. I remember him, he was my Father-in Law, for I married his beautiful daughter Teresa, and we now live on the edge of what used to be RAF CHEDBURGH, Suffolk, home to Polish Lancaster and Halifax squadrons during the war.
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