FORGED POLISH AIRPORTS
Three extraordinary Polish pilots who played an crucial function in the fight against the German Luftwaffe in the back of the air front. They joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), RAF auxiliary formation, transporting new, repaired and damaged aircraft between factories, repair facilities, combat airfields, and scrap yards, playing regular with death. The past of aviation during planet War II is full of inspiring women. Women besides flew during the war, and even piloted combat aircraft. Polish pilots fighting in the conflict of England were written a lot, while Polish airmen, serving in the British army, are seldom mentioned.
This elite group included 3 Polish women. It was Jadwiga Piłsudska-Jaraczewska (1920-2014), daughter of Marshal Piłsudski, but the name was on it.
and the anticipation of utilizing it to shoot down by the Germans for propaganda purposes. The another 2 were Stefania Wojtulanis-Karpińska (1912-2005) and Anna Leska-Daab
(1910-1998). All three, before the war were lit gliders, during the war served in the ATA – Air Transport Auxiliary, auxiliary transport service of the British Royal Air Force
Ms Anna Leska
– She was born on 14.11.1910 in Warsaw. At the age of 18, she obtained a category A and B sailplane pilot, later
privileges of balloon pilot in the Warsaw Aeroclub. During the war, she performed liaison flights at the Staff Squadron at the Air Command. After her evacuation to Romania, she made her way to France, later to England, where she joined the ATA on 1.01.1941 as the first foreigner in this formation. She died on 21.01.1998.
PALISH JADWIG
– She was born 28.02.1920 in Warsaw as the second daughter of Józef Piłsudski. From an early age, she was passionate about aviation. By the outbreak of planet War II, it gained the highest category D of a glider pilot. She besides flew on speedboats. After the outbreak of the war by Sweden, she got into England, where she began her architectural studies in Cambridge. In mid-July 1942, she joined the ATA. She died on 16.11.2014.
STEFAN WARTULANIS - PSEUD."BARA"
- I'm sorry. She was born on 22.11.1912 in Warsaw. She studied at the Faculty of Aviation Mechanics of Warsaw University of Technology. She was the first female in Poland to pass the state exam and get a balloon pilot license. It held a category C licence for a sailplane pilot and a motor pilot. She was besides a parachute instructor. Like Anna Leska did flights.
They piloted, among others, Supermarine Spitfie combat fighter machines. They flew without radio, they were banned from acrobatics and shooting. Regardless of the weather, they performed
On average, 2 flights a day, frequently being the transport of damaged RAF machines to repair workshops. In February 1943-1946, alongside the Polish Air Force, which had been in existence since 1939, was the Women's Auxiliary Service: its members were popularly called WA-AF-kami (from the British Women’s Auxilliary Air Force). They accounted for 10% of the Polish Air Force. After the war for hard service of Polish pilots did not meet the prize, nor did they get an exposed place in history.
Aleksander Szumański "Radio Bridge" Arizona
