SBS - Polish Battle of Britain

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

..........these guys that made such a contribution didn't have much to celebrate. Quite sad really!

Cheers!

One thing is for sure, the Polish squadrons must've been the biggest line shooters in the BoB. We don't stop hearing about how good they were, yet, as far as I'm aware, they didn't even see any action until September 1940.

Far fewer people have heard of my crew, No.501, who battled in France in much tougher conditions, then after 2 weeks rest were back in the thick of it from June 1940 to the end. 'Ginger' Lacey wasn't a line shooter and I'm pretty sure he didn't fly over the tops of the Germans who he forced to bail out to collapse their parachute and murder them.

Trolling over, there are 2 sides to a coin.