Fighting for Truth: Polish Pilots' Real First Combat vs. Movie Fiction

Polish pilots of the No. 303 'Kościuszko' Squadron were a bunch of ill-disciplined blood-thirsty thugs....wrong! Let's Stop Repeating This 303 'Kościuszko' Squadron Myth!

A lot of us have completely the wrong understanding of just how No.303 Squadron entered the Battle of Britain, and this is the subject I explore in the video. There is more to that famous scene from the Battle of Britain Movie (1969) than you think.

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