Diary of a Polish airman

Accession Number F01523
Collection type Film
Measurement 7 min 27sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/sound
Maker Ministry of Information
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 1942
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Produced by the Ministry of Information and the Polish Airforce. Diary extracts from a Polish airman serving with a RAF Polish Fighter Squadron. Scenes of Czorsztyn August 1939, fall of Warsaw, Polish airmen in France with General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Polish Spitfires of No 303 'Kosciuszko' Squadron and Polish Wellington Bomber Squadron. Diary ends at 20 December 1941 with the airman's loss in combat.

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