Skalski
Subtitle: Against All Odds
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781781555491
Subjects: Fighter pilots; Poland, biography; World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, polish; World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, british
Description: Provides a gripping and detailed account on the career of General Stanislaw Skalski, the leading Polish fighter ace. Skalski gallantly served from the first day of the Second World War, becoming the first ace of the conflict, and continued his service through the Battle of Britain, Channel offensive, Tunisian & Italian campaigns, and Normandy landings. He finished the war on staff positions. Returning to communist Poland, he was duly arrested on charges of spying on behalf of Great Britain, and sentenced to death. He was not executed, and after spending eight years in prison, he rejoined service, to fly MiG-15 jet fighters. He continued his service at non-flying positions, and following retirement, he was involved in popularizing aviation as well as in politics. The story is based on a number of documents, many of them published here for the first time and in most cases previously unavailable to the English reader.