Polish Air Force Fighter Aircraft, 1940-1942: From the Battle of France to the Dieppe Raid

by Peter Sikora

Polish fighter pilots received their baptism of fire over their own country in September 1939, when they were overwhelmed by the aerial might of Germany and the Soviet Union. Despite this, they claimed over 120 enemy aircraft destroyed. When the Polish Air Force was reborn in France, the same men fought against the same enemy, yet with more experience and with better understanding of their opponents' tactics - though, as the author reveals, the aircraft...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399051024
• ISBN13: 9781399051026
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Air World
• Length: 256 Pages