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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2015
- 11 July 2015 at Flying Legends Air Show, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire
#BoBPoles: Polish Flying Legends
The Hurricane and Spitfire in historic Polish Air Force markings went on show for the first time this summer at the Flying Legends event in Duxford. The two airplanes were displayed as part of the Polish Embassy’s #BoBPoles project marking the 75th anniversary of the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain.
As part of the #BoBPoles project, the Polish Embassy co-financed the repainting of an historic Hawker Hurricane in the legendary No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron paint scheme. It bears the number RF-E P3700, which is the identifier of the airplane originally flown, among others, by Kazimierz Wünsche, who was forced to abandon the aircraft on 9th September 1940 after it sustained damage during combat.
The Spitfire BM597 is one of the original airplanes flown by Polish pilots of the No. 315 and No. 317 Fighter Squadrons following the end of the Battle of Britain. Colonel Franciszek Kornicki - the last surviving wartime Polish squadron leader - is one of the pilots who flew this particular Spitfire during World War II.
Grażyna Gąsiorowska, daughter of Kazimierz Wünsche, attended the event together with Ryszard Kornicki, son of Franciszek Kornicki, allowing for a unique meeting between the two and their fathers’ aircraft.
The two airplanes belonging to Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd. are on permanent display in Hangar 3 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, and will appear at several air shows planned for the rest of the 2015 flying season.
Follow #BoBPoles also on @PolishEmbassyUK Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and CZcams profiles until the end of October.
145 Polish fighter pilots served in the Battle of Britain in 302 and 303 Polish squadrons as well as in British units.
Out of the overall number of fighter pilots from Allied countries, they constituted the second largest contingent after the British.
By the end of the war, almost 20,000 Polish airmen and airwomen were serving in the Polish Air Force in Britain.
produced by Polish Embassy UK
filmed and edited by Agnieszka Chmura, Light Leeks
The #BoBPoles project has been organised in co-operation with Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd.
My father was a ground crew member of the 303 who worked on the hurricanes and spitfires and supported the aces in their conquests. They worked tirelessly day and night to get the aircraft ready to fly, often fixing aircraft said to be too badly damaged for service. My Dad, Jerzy Waluga, appears in the final shot on this film. I am hugely proud of him and all of those who escaped Poland and then France during the occupation of Europe to carry on the battle from here in the UK.
Thank you for the freedom we finały got.
Your surname is Gradwell
The Poles did more for Britain than Britain did for the Poles.
@joe blogs yes, someone once in Poland said "The Germans are killing us, but the Soviets are killing our identity, our spirit" today after 45 years of communism we have got corrupt politicians and passive citizens to injustice in the country. czcams.com/video/P67Zu0PtkxU/video.html
britain sold out the poles
Not one of those poles would have fought for Britain if their own country hadn't been invaded.
Don't forget that they didn't give up safe lovely lives to come and fight for us
@@interabang How many British gave up their cup of tea to help Poles save their country?
@@ALA-uv7jq Britain did declare war on Germany because the invaded poland
thank you too all the polish airmen of ww2
Every time I review this material it moves me to tears. Every damn time. It's probably the sadness and feeling of shame for what happened when the war ended. Unbearably sad.
Poles, Britons, Canadians, South Africans, New Zealanders, Australians, Americans, and others fought in the Battle of Britain and all contributed to the saving of Britain. Give the Poles special credit for shooting down more Luftwaffe planes than all others. God Bless ALL those served and sacrificed for freedom.
I guess not so much During Yalta Conference
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference#Poland_and_the_Eastern_Bloc
The poles shot down more planes ( and that is disputed) because they flew the much slower hurricane and were tasked with attacking the bombers.
The other countries you mentioned all came to Britain to fight even though their own countries were not invaded.
Not one pole would have fought for this country if their own wasn't conquered and they were displaced.
The poles were a great addition as soldiers and pilots , don't overstate their contribution.
Many Thanks to the Polish members of the RAF who gave US OUR FREEDOM. LEST WE FORGET !!
You missed the words "their small but important contribution during the battle of Britain against totalitarianism in Europe".
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 l Thank them ALL for there Excellent Fighting in BOB and all other sweeps.. Bad Treatment by Churchill at the End ...But I'm Aussie ..Uncle ex 460 RAAF Bomber Command LEST WE ALL FORGET MATE !!
@@tonylarkin7564 Make no mistake Tony, I honour ALL the pilots who turned the tide of totalitarianism over the skies of Britain in 1940/41. and EVERY year at all Remembrace day parades that I've attended since the 1970s I've witnessed SPECIFIC tributes and honours lauded on the Polish contingent of our armed forces from WW2, moreso than any other nationality. Also what bad treatment did Churchill dish out to the Poles exactly Tony?
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 That is more like it, yes it was a small contribution
@@tonylarkin7564 Their treatment old son was caused by FDR and Stalin at Yalta. Churchil was sidelined. FDR hated the British
Long live Poland 🇵🇱!
A great tribute to our Polish brothers..
Cześć, honor i pamięć bohaterom !
Sława i chwała Wielkiej Polsce !
Miłe jest dzisiaj czytać Wasze komentarze. co bym dał aby przeczytać Wasze komentarze mojemu ojcu lub jego bratu.
Dziś w moim domu jedyne co mam brytyjskiego (ale w honorowym miejscu) to ich medale wojenne za 1940 (za Francie ) i 1944. Gdy żyli mogli opowiadać sobie wspomnienia ze Szkocji Francji Belgii czy Holandii w swoim gronie. Dziś na YT mógłbym im pokazać jak ich wspominają z szacunkiem Anglicy Belgowie czy mieszkańcy Bredy. Dziękuje w ich i swoim imieniu .
Wonderfully inspiring.
Dla nas zawsze będziecie bohaterami.
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna!
Bóg to nie ksiądz. To inteligentny stwórca. Nic też jest czymś, a wszechświat wziął się przypadkiem? A czas istnieje? To kto stworzył stwórcę? Co było przed wielkim wybuchem? Dna to przypadek?
@̐ Jestes naprawde wyszczerbionym typowym czerwonym mlotkiem, w dodatku rodem z sowieckiej flagi !!!! :o(
@@lu9thix
a certain Tory politician ww2 spitfire pilot once wrote in a uk tabloid recently, that had it not been for Polish and Czech fighter pilots England would have lost the Battle of Britain. They had a method fighting in the air with German aircraft that enabled them to shoot Down and destroy more enemy aircraft than the RAF and all allied forces put together. No allied or RAF was allowed to follow German aircraft over the Channel to finish off German aircraft before they got home except for Polish and Czech Pilots . There was no march past for these boys and no recognition along side any RAF who fought like lions just the same as the Poles and Czech. I thank them all anyway.
England would have lost The Battle OF Britain, what the fuck would Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland have to contend with?
Can you quote a source for that ?, That sounds like total nonsense to me.
I get a strong whiff of BS from the OP. Please name the politician so we can read his/her comments.
The Poles were not some breed of "superior" pilot, they'd simply accrued more combat experience since Sept 1939, and as a result of their previous battles with the luftwaffe only the most succesful Polish pilots had made it to Great Britain, the less successful ones had already perished. Also remember that the highest scoring pilot of 303 Sqd was Josef František, a Czech pilot. As soon as the rest of the RAF pilots had gained more experience there was NO difference in skill levels, as is witnessed by the kill tallies at the end of WW2. Luckily for the Poles they were provided with world class fighter aircraft directed by the world beating radar and defensive control systems courtesy of the RAF and the British taxpayer, rather than having to fly standing patrols flying to their deaths in the likes of the PZL P.7.
Thank you.
Absolutely loved this ❤❤
Ojciec mój też walczył na Zachodzie , podczas ostatniej wojny tyle że u genrrała ,Stanisława Maczka . Mam dla Niego do dzisiaj wielki szacunek . Piloci polscy , są niekwestionowanymi bohaterami Nareszcie Anglicy , zaczynają I ch doceniać , to cieszy .
So touching, so inspiring, so well-filmed.
Great stuff remembering one of the greatest moments in the modern history. Thank you.
Such a wonderful movie, thank you for this enterprise :)
Wieczna chwała i sława bohaterskim lotnikom polskim !!!
Brave men
Everything nice and tide but it's a pity that british government appreciate it so much that have traded Poland to Russians. Polish pilots and other soldiers were after the ending of the war treated in Britain like a stinky air.
During London Victory Celebrations in 1946 along with Belgium, United States, France, Holland, Luxembourg, Brazil, China, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway and Transjordan there was no place for Polish. Thank you very fucking much.
"British have been always fighting till the last soldier...
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of their allies."
l i b e r a x True that. As a Pole I can say Its nice that 70 years after the opinion has changed. Too bad they have never returned the money Great Britain took from Polish national treasure evacuated in 1939. We all know the reasons why they have done it, but now it's a good time to sort it out. Come on GB. You can be play fair. We dont expect the money + interests. It's all about the gesture and good will. We gave you our blood. How would you answer?
www.reddit.com/r/poland/comments/1d4h19/cheers_dudes_from_england/
Start your investigation here and look for more sources. History is interesting. You just need to focus on certain subject.
Comfortable excuse to keep the gold...
***** I'm pretty sure it's was not the case. The gold Churchil kept was specifically for military hardware used during the war. So basically our pilots died in battle of England and then brits forced us to pay for it.
+tombg So what were their options?
It doesn't matter what were their options. You cant change the past. It's important what options are now. This is far from being even.
Excellent
Jedynym plusem tych czasów było to:
Że wróg był wyraźnie określony !
A dla nas Polakow .... wrogow DWOCH !!!!
Wspaniała inicjatywa
real heroes for a free world and then sent home to face Stalin`s gulag . Shameful !
Unfortunately, it happened exactly like you said it !!!! :o(
Complete bollocks from OP.
The charge of "not being invited to the victory parade in 1946" was linked to the concurrent & ongoing east-west negotiations over the future of post war Europe, and the particularly British desire to see democracy restored to Poland. The only way, short of initiating WW3, of obtaining that goal was negotiation with the "liberators" of Poland, the USSR, who were VERY wary of any burgeoning nationalist causes in eastern Europe, and while many Poles were invited as individuals to the parade, it was felt that Poles marching under Polish flags in London would only inflame those fragile negotiations. As events turned out the Soviets stood firm and Poland remained a Soviet puppet state until 1989, as a result of the post war breakdown in those negotiations ALL Polish service personnel who served in the British armed forces during WW2 (and their families) were given FULL UK residency and citizenship rights, as witnessed by the UK 1947 Polish Resettlement Act, and though some Poles did choose to return to their homeland post WW2, the accounts I've read seem to indicate the majority regretted that decision.
You're welcome.
anyone interested in the Polish contribution to the Battle of Britain should read '303 (Polish) Squadron Battle of Britain Diary' by Richard King. The best account, a real eye opener and for an indication of just why these lads (303 & 302)were so good see the results of an RAF squadron shooting competition that took place just after the battle. I won't spoil it for you !!
My Grandmother was Polish, i never heard her speak the language, even my mum Who was 58 when my Gran died at 84 never did, i wish we had, even if i wouldnt have had a clue what she was saying it would have been nice.... I collect diecast model aircraft, hoping to add a 303 model to the collection one day.
Hurricane RF-E has quite the history, especially P3901, flow by both Urbanowicz and Zumbach
Popieram inicjatywę -jedyny Spitfire lifting jest w Muzeum Lotnictwa w Krakowie . Szkoda piękny samolot !
Jan Janecki Go home, get out of Britain, and take these war memoroals with you, the british public don't want them here! GO BREXIT!
To: >> Nick Magee - Brown "If you do not like these ongoing social changes in your country .... leave Holland !!!! > (the Turkish muslim member of the Dutch Parliament publicly just said this a couple of days ago !!!! >> GB is gonna be the next on the list !! It is not gonna take too long time, to happen the same in UK :o) > So .... where are you planning to move quickly your British fat ass then, eh ??
Tak to my.
You can sympathise with the bitterness felt in some comments here. Still salute and thank brave Polish ground crew, support and pilots that faced the challenge and helped beat German tyranny. Thank you.
Name of song at 1:15?
przepiekna inicjatywa szkoda ze w 2018 sie nie powtorzy :( . . poza tym nalezaloby uswiadomic szersza rzesze tych niedoinformowanych zeby informacja nabrala krztaltu niezapomnianej historii to powinno byc wpisane w ksiazki dla licealistow conajmniej :)
Can someone identify the background music in this you tube video? It is appropriately very moving. Thank you so much.
👍 👍 👍!!!
Ja pierdziele chcałbym tak posłuchać na żywo tych Merlinów:)!
💖🌹☮
My people were a vital part of the defence kf engald
Gdzie wasz Facebook ?
+Onepercen Też szukałem i dupa..
We kill like a revenge
we were fighting for our and your freedoom
And we don't have even one flying such plane in Poland.... :/
Read the Book” For Our Freedom and Yours “ by Olson and Cloud . Its an amazing story of these young polish fighters . The French ignored them , British Establishment reluctantly agreed to them fighting in RAF , they then saved our country . Poles fort also in Allied invasion of Italy - Monte Cassino the most famous . Their country was savagely divided by the Nazis and Soviets . They were prevented from being part of Victory parade - due to Soviet demands … French and British ashamedly agreed. To top it all 80 years later after a new generation of hard working Poles came to UK as EU citizens , creating families and friends, paying taxes etc They are screwed again by Brexit and hatred many received . Britain has a great knack of making out it stood alone in WW2 forgetting the sacrifice of others. We did much the same in WWI -
They didn't "save our country". Their continued efforts to fight the oppressors of their homeland, facilitated by the British, did make a small but valuable contribution to the British victory in the Battle of Britain, for which we continue to pay tribute and honour their skill & bravery.
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 How magnanimous of you to say they made a "small but valuable" contribution. They accounted for 13% of kills in the B of B. Then when the war was over, they got royally screwed.
@@leonardkrawczyk6883 Does that supposed 13% include the 30% of 303 Sqd's confirmed kills made by the Czechoslovakian ace Josef František? And yes they did get screwed, by the Soviets. Luckily for them the UK gave them ALL UK citizenship and residency or they would have been RIGHT royally screwed.
I ten soundtrack z HoI4
Może by tak dokupić jeszcze Fw 190? Podobno wznowili produkcję.
To me it always means one thing. You are in fighting unit. That is it. If you get killed, or survived, that is Your job. Hate this Polish, Russian way of distributing medals, orders etc. That was jour job. Fight or hide. There must be a lot of stories of bravery, commitment on every sight of conflict. God bless of all those people, who otherwise be good neighbors. Fuck banksters and politicians
The Hurricane , a tough old workhorse , could take much more punishment than a spit and be back in the air much faster than a spit with like for like damage .
POLISH HEARTH IS a SIMILAR LIKE A ENGLISH HEARTH
Thanks British.
Yes.. you owe your lives to the UK.
I feel slightly bad in pointing this out, but I feel it must be done to give some balance against the ranks of the clueless & uninformed in the threads below, which include the "The Poles won the battle of Britain" brigade, and the "British treated the Poles despicably" battalion.
The Poles were not some genetically bred form of "super" pilots, they'd simply gained more combat experience since Sept 1939, and as a result of their previous hard fought battles with the luftwaffe only the most succesful & resourceful Polish pilots had made it first to France and then to Great Britain, the less successful ones had already tragically perished or been captured, also remember that 303 sqd's highest scoring pilot, Josef František, was a Czech. As soon as the rest of the RAF pilots had gained more experience there was NO difference in skill levels, as is witnessed by the kill tallies at the end of WW2. Luckily for the Poles they were provided with world class fighter aircraft that were directed by world beating radar and defensive control systems courtesy of the RAF and the British taxpayer, rather than having to fly standing patrols and flying to their deaths in the likes of the PZL P.7.
The charge of "not being invited to the victory parade in 1946" was linked to the concurrent & ongoing east-west negotiations over the future of post war Europe, and the particularly British desire to see democracy restored to Poland. The only way, short of initiating WW3, of obtaining that goal was negotiation with the "liberators" of Poland, the USSR, who were VERY wary of any burgeoning nationalist causes in eastern Europe, and while many Poles were invited as individuals to the parade, it was felt that Poles UNITS marching under Polish national flags in London would only damage and derail those fragile negotiations. As events turned out the Soviets stood firm and Poland remained a Soviet puppet state until 1989, as a result of the post war breakdown in those negotiations ALL Polish service personnel who served in the British armed forces during WW2 (and their families) were given FULL UK residency and citizenship rights, as witnessed by the UK 1947 Polish Resettlement Act, and though some Poles did choose to return to their homeland post WW2, the accounts I've read seem to indicate the majority regretted that decision, and NONE were forcibly repatriated
We Brits are nevertheless still most appreciative of their important contribution to our collective victory against the horrors of European totalitarianism (indeed they are SPECIFICALLY honoured EVERY year at EVERY UK remembrance day parade I have attended since the 1970s), though it must still be remembered that >75% of Fighter command pilots in the battle were of British birth.
Gdyby herbaciarze nie wyruchali Nas w 1939 roku to bitwy o Anglię by nie było!!!
Tak i nie. Tak bo w 1939r nas wystawili, Nie bo - nie mieli tyle siły . I nie zdradzili nas tak naprawdę, bo zgodnie w modnym odtatnio ziemkiewiczosko winnickim pragmatyzmem i ekoismem nalotofym :) Anglicy mogli dogadac się z Niemcami, a jednka wojnę wypowiedzieli i samotnie ją prowadzili przez 2 lata .
I co z tego, Anglicy pisali piękne hasła na pomnikach , że są wdzięczni, nie zapomną itd Prawda jest taka zapomnieli i mają polskich żołnierzy gdzieś sprzedali nas Stalinowi, do dziś utajnili dokumenty na temat śmierci gen Andersa (w której pewnie maczali swoje brudne paluchy ), utajnili dokumenty polskich pilotów którzy musieli opuścić wyspy i ruszyć do Pakistanu tam budować lotnictwo od podstaw. Te i wiele innych faktów świadczy o tym że Brytyjczycy wykorzystują każdego, nie potrafią być wdzięczni, że nie warto pomagać Wielkiej Brytanii bo jak polscy piloci wygrywali z Niemcami to klepali ich po plecach, jak było po wojnie to wyganiali .
Tylko pamiętajcie głupi Polacy, gdyby nie TYLKO Wielka Brytania, Polska nadal miałaby swastyki latające nad jej miastami i nazistowskie obozy śmierci działające na jej ziemi, a ty i twoja rodzina prawdopodobnie bylibyście niczym więcej niż tlącą się kupą popiołu na podłodze krematorium nazistowskiego obozu śmierci.
Okaż trochę szacunku swoim wybawcom !!!!
even losing the Battle of Britain , uk would be here, we been allies of Germany in every other war apart from 2 , hitler even sent Hess as the wanted peace not a fight, we are practically the group of people in our origins.
What save Britain in her hour of need was the system set up prior to the war, plotters, radar, spotters airfields , pilot placement , fighter command etc, (pilots just pulled the trigger without all the backroom staff you had ran out of fuel before you even found a nazi airplane.
They are the true unsung hero’s , as for Poland and the soviets , if America shared the secret of the atomic bomb with it Allie who help develop it maybe appeasements would not have happened to allow Britain to develop the atomic bomb
Also UK was fuming broke, rationed food , and dictator to by the country who lent us the money, hence barrels went from £ to $ etc ,,,,
If the uk never designed and built the planes , risked lives in convoy to fuel and arm the planes , you the polish pilots would be sat still on your arses .
Polish pilots aimed for crew of the plane, not the plane, other pilots aimed at bringing the plane down . Planes can’t fly without a pilot , hence a higher kill ratio.
The reason for this shoot the plane not pilot was that a allied downed airman could back up in the air the same afternoon as being shot down, German planes crew could not fly again as they became prisoners.
Some the polish cause angry Germans to shoot parachuting pilots and the allied forces lost more pilots than it could afford,
Plenty of planes , no enough pilots, that why you were all the few.
These facts still do not diminish what all allied pilots achieved in the Battle of Britain
Thank you to all the few and all the allies and civilian forces that eventually lead to destruction of the evil that was the nazis
DID any asked about us.
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