Poles in the RAF.

Great history here.

rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/polish-no-303-squadron-and-the-hurricane-80k/

Wonderful that the Royal Air Force museum is honouring them on their website.

It's good that they remember them. At first I was terrified because I thought it was about Poles in the terrorist RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).

The Baader-Meinhof Gang? I remember them from years ago.

Long gone, fortunately.

Not sure if Milo's referring here to the Red Army or the Royal British Airforce.
Hmmm, somebody may have just gotten sidetracked. Oh, well!

No such thing. Do you mean the Royal Air Force?

Many Poles (and Canadians, Dutch and others) served with them in WW2.

The Royal Airforce

No. The Royal Air Force.

Currently training Ukrainian pilots among others.

raf.mod.uk/

Of course, I merely forgot the title is written as three separate words, sorry!
:-)

There's also the Fleet Air Arm which is part of the Royal Navy. I think they provide operational support to them.

I see. Thanks again, jon.

No worries.

I grew up quite close to an air base called RAF Finningley. It was fun to see all the jets practising in the sky, and the long con trails.. There was also a USAF presence there (and had been for years; there were rusting Dakotas on site that you could sometimes visit) which made for a bigger range of aircraft to watch. Exciting as a kid but fortunate that WW3 didn't break out then since the town would have been flattened.

I can imagine.
Only place close to where I grew up was a bleedin' brothel LOL

We had those too. I always thought the tarts were glamorous ladies dressed up for the races (though usually for racegoers over from Ireland or up from London, wanting to celebrate with their winnings).

Some time ago two films about Polish 303 squadron pilots were made during one year.

Here is the trailer to one of them: