Many Poles switched into ATC when their flying days in the postwar RAF were
over. I remember a Flt. Lt. Witold Suida, whom I first met in '53 on a RAF Winter Sports Association ski trip to Ehrwald, when we were both still flying.
He appeared again on my ATC Course at Shawbury in '55. Had a lovely red MG TF (?) 1500, which I greatly coveted (I was running a Bond "Minicar" !)
On 20 Sqn at Valley in '50 - '51, M/P Joe Halkiew dragged the target drogues around in our Beaufighter at Tonfanau. He shared this job wth a Czech M/P "Zed-Zed" Zmitrowicz.
And at Leeming ATC in late '60s we had a Flt. Lt. Jack Blocki (Blockey ?). Think he had the Polish Virtute Militare, but can't be sure. All fine chaps.
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