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In May Polword’s students paid a Visit to RAF Northolt & The Battle of Britain Bunker Musem.
RAF Northolt was home to the Polish Fighter Wing for most of the Second World War. During the Battle of Britain, 303 Kościuszko Polish Squadron, flying Hurricanes from Northolt, became the most successful Squadron of any that took part in the Battle.
RAF Northolt is immensely proud of its Polish Heritage and hosts a small Museum dedicated to the Polish Air Force, containing memorabilia, art works, aircraft parts, photographs and models to tell the story alongside information panels (bilingual).
As RAF Northolt is an operational RAF Station, the Museum was specially opened for Polword, for a group limited to 20 students.
There was a great talk bringing the airfield and some of the personalities to life.
The talk was given by Mr Richard Kornicki CBE, chairman of the Polish Air Force Memorial Committee, which was formed in 2011 to continue the remembrance of the Polish contribution to the war effort. He talked about his father, Franciszek Kornicki, the only surviving Polish squadron commander in the UK, and the great importance of remembrance.
Following the visit, which lasted an hour or so, the Group traveled 5 miles further to visit the Battle of Britain Bunker at Uxbridge, from where the Battle of Britain was directed. The Bunker has an extraordinary atmosphere as a place where history was made hour by hour. It has all its war-time fittings, including the plotting table on which incoming enemy formations were marked, along with the Squadrons deployed to meet them.
And what a day it was!!!
See a fragment of the talk by Mr R. Kornicki in the bunker and see more at: https://www.rafbf.org/news-and-blogs/black-briefcase
In May Polword’s students paid a Visit to RAF Northolt & The Battle of Britain Bunker Musem.
RAF Northolt was home to the Polish Fighter Wing for most of the Second World War. During the Battle of Britain, 303 Kościuszko Polish Squadron, flying Hurricanes from Northolt, became the most successful Squadron of any that took part in the Battle.
RAF Northolt is immensely proud of its Polish Heritage and hosts a small Museum dedicated to the Polish Air Force, containing memorabilia, art works, aircraft parts, photographs and models to tell the story alongside information panels (bilingual).
As RAF Northolt is an operational RAF Station, the Museum was specially opened for Polword, for a group limited to 20 students.
There was a great talk bringing the airfield and some of the personalities to life.
The talk was given by Mr Richard Kornicki CBE, chairman of the Polish Air Force Memorial Committee, which was formed in 2011 to continue the remembrance of the Polish contribution to the war effort. He talked about his father, Franciszek Kornicki, the only surviving Polish squadron commander in the UK, and the great importance of remembrance.
Following the visit, which lasted an hour or so, the Group traveled 5 miles further to visit the Battle of Britain Bunker at Uxbridge, from where the Battle of Britain was directed. The Bunker has an extraordinary atmosphere as a place where history was made hour by hour. It has all its war-time fittings, including the plotting table on which incoming enemy formations were marked, along with the Squadrons deployed to meet them.
And what a day it was!!!
See a fragment of the talk by Mr R. Kornicki in the bunker and see more at: https://www.rafbf.org/news-and-blogs/black-briefcase
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