Mascot of the Month: Lipa – 317 Squadron
Perched atop one of 317 Squadron’s Hawker Hurricane fighter planes, one Squadron pilot serenades their mascot, Lipa the dog, on the accordion, while another tries…
October 15, 2024
Polish Air Force
Mascot of the Month: Wilfred & Pipsqueak – 249 Squadron
Polish fighter ace Michał Maciejowski poses with one of 249 Squadron’s mascots: a goose. While dogs and cats were the most common mascots in military…
September 15, 2024
New 303 Squadron Book Trailer
We’re super excited about the new video trailer for our award-winning book 303 Squadron! Today is the anniversary of 303 Squadron’s first victory on August…
August 30, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Stylish Dog – 316 Squadron Mascot
Taking a break from our series of Warsaw Uprising blog posts — it’s time for our Mascot of the Month! The name of this stylish…
August 15, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Monkey – 315 Squadron
While dogs were the most common mascots, they were only one of many furry or feathered companions adopted by fighting units during the war. These…
July 15, 2024
Polish Fighter Pilot Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Today we honor the birthday of Zdzisław Krasnodębski, the first Polish commander of the legendary 303 Squadron, who was born 120 years ago on July…
July 10, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Misia – 303 Squadron Mascot
303 Squadron was the highest-scoring Allied fighter squadron in the Battle of Britain, credited with downing 126 enemy planes in its six weeks of operations,…
June 15, 2024
June 6, 1944 – D-Day
Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history (code-named Operation Overlord). It was the beginning of the end of World…
June 6, 2024
Polish Bomber Squadrons Centre – RAF Ingham
A fabulous new exhibition about the Polish Bomber Squadrons in the U.K. has just opened at the RAF Ingham Heritage Centre — a globally unique…
April 22, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Ciapek – 305 Squadron Mascot
Ciapek was adopted by Polish 305 Squadron as their official pet mascot during World War II. As former RAF officer C. H. Ward-Jackson wrote in…
April 15, 2024
Witold Urbanowicz: 303 Squadron Fighter Ace & Commanding Officer
Born March 30, 1908, at Olszanka near Augustów, Poland, Witold Urbanowicz was trained at the Polish Air Force Academy at Dęblin, initially as a navigator.…
March 30, 2024
Operation Market Garden Allied Parachutists – Rare Film Footage
We’d like to share this mesmerizing film footage of parachutists of the First Allied Airborne Army jumping into the Netherlands in Operation Market Garden, September…
March 18, 2024
