Oh, and before I forget

A major complication with researching aircrew from the occupied nations (French, Polish, Czech, etc.) is that they often used nommes de guerre to avoid their families back home being persecuted.

Posted By: Iwan Husarmi on June 11th 2011 at 17:46:55

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FAO Dr Dubs (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 11, 16:21:14
- Both! :) He was with the polish air force but then came over to England when invaded. He (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 16:27:38
  - But his son, my uncle did ok being a Wing Commander. Not bad for a Pole. :) (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 16:36:07
  - The Polish seemed adapted well to the Lancaster bombers which he was a pilot of. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 16:30:04
    - Ah! 300 Sqn, then? (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 11, 16:48:40
    - My uncle was (General Chat) - W1nged Eel Creo5ote, Jun 11, 16:32:17
      - Dangerous being on one of them all round I reckon. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 16:33:37
        
        50% casualty rate something like that (General Chat) - W1nged Eel Creo5ote, Jun 11, 16:37:08
        
        Dreadful. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 16:38:22
        
        Ever seen one of those turrets? (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 11, 16:55:11
        
        I really don't know very much to be honest Iwan. My grandfather was.. (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 17:06:35
        
        Fantastic stories! (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 11, 17:37:54
        
        Oh, and before I forget (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 11, 17:46:55
        
        Sad that they were forced to go home where a lot were then arrested. I'm not huge... (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 11, 18:44:01

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