Polish films on Sunday:Polish Battle of Britain 46 min.

When:
September 3, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2017-09-03T14:00:00-07:00
2017-09-03T15:00:00-07:00
Where:
Polish Heritage Trust Museum
125 Elliot St
Howick, Auckland 2014
New Zealand
Cost:
Entry by donation, Thank you
Contact:
Museum staff
09 533 3530

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This dramatised documentary recounts how, during the most decisive phase of Battle of Britain, a single squadron of 34 Polish fighter pilots wreaked havoc on the Luftwaffe, in the process helping to change the course of history and overturning RAF prejudices.

Based on a diary kept by the Pilots of the 303 Squadron.

Belatedly, the Poles were cleared for active service and had an immediate impact. By the time the Battle of Britain was won, they had claimed 126 enemy planes, but as the war ended, their joy turned to despair as they saw their own country handed to Stalin