Polish Air Force Memorial

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Reference WMO/120301

Address:

West End Road

Ruislip

Hillingdon

London

HA4 6RB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Polish Armed Forces: The Polish Air Force Memorial is situated at the side of the roundabout above the A40 Western Avenue where the A4180, West End Road, branches off to the north. Immediately behind the memorial site is RAF Northolt, which is significant because it was at that location that the Polish fighter squadrons were based during the Battle of Britain. The memorial is in a paved and landscaped area surrounded by an iron railing fence with access gates. A tall square stone column is the main structure, and this is surmounted by a bronze eagle. The names and numbers of the Polish Air Force fighter and bomber squadrons are arranged on the face of the column that overlooks a pond. A stone screen, with wording, is positioned to the left and right of the column. At the rear of the memorial, at a lower level, and facing each other, are two semi-circular walls bearing the names of the 2,165 aircrew who lost their lives fighting alongside the allies 1940 to 1945.
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Front: 1940/ 1945/ POLISH AIR FORCE/ FIGHTER SQDNS/ (LIST OF SQDNS)/ BATTLE OF BRITAIN/ BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/ DIEPPE/ WESTERN DESERT/ ITALY/ FRANCE/ BELGIUM/ HOLLAND/ GERMANY/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FALLEN POLISH AIRMEN/ (Polish translation) Reverse: I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE/ I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH/ II TIM IV 2 Plaque, right: THIS MEMORIAL/ COMMEMORATES THE 2165 POLISH AIRMEN/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II/ FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE WESTERN ALLIES THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ WAS FORMED IN 1940/ FROM AIRMEN WHO/ AFTER THE FALL OF POLAND IN 1939/ HAD ESCAPED TO FRANCE WHERE THEY FOUGHT/ UNTIL ITS COLLAPSE, AND FROM POLES LIVING IN/ THE USA, CANADA, ARGENTINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES/ THEIR RANKS WERE INCREASED BY POLES RELEASED/ FROM THE SOVIET LABOUR CAMPS AND SIBERIAN EXILE./ IN ALL, SOME 17,000 MEN AND WOMEN SERVED/ IN THE POLISH AIR FORCE, WHICH COMPRISED 16/ OPERATIONAL FLYING SQUADRONS THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1948 AND/ SUBSTANTIALLY RESTORED IN 1996/ FROM PUBLIC DONATIONS./ IT IS ADJACENT TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION/ NORTHOLT, WHICH WAS THE MAIN BASE FOR THE/ POLISH FIGHTER SQUADRONS DURING THE/ BATTLE OF BRITAIN ON LEFT GATE POST: (Polish translation)

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