Polish Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 21) - Softcover

Robert Gretzyngier; Wojtek Matusiak

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855327260 ISBN 13: 9781855327269

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Pilots of the Polish Air Force saw action from the first day of World War 2 until the final victory in Europe. Flying hopelessly outmoded P.11 fighters in defence of their country in September 1939, a handful of aviators inflicted serious losses on the Luftwaffe before being overwhelmed. The survivors escaped to then neutral Hungary and Romania, before being ordered to France by the new C-in-C of exiled Polish Armed Forces, General Sikorski. With the invasion of Western Europe in May 1940, the surviving pilots were once more thrust into desperate action in newly-formed Polish units

About this title

From the Publisher:

Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.

About the Author:

Although only in their early 30s, Robert Gretzyngier and Wojtek Matusiak are not only co-editors of Poland's most pre-eminent monthly aviation journal, Skrzydlata Polska, but they have also researched the subject of Polish aces more thoroughly than any other aviation historians in Europe. Indeed, their knowledge of non-Polish RAF aces in general rivals that of many British historians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1855327260
• ISBN 13: 9781855327269
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100