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100 1 $aOlson, Lynne.
245 12 $aA question of honor :$bthe Kościuszko Squadron : the forgotten heroes of World War II /$cby Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bKnopf,$c2003.
300 $axii, 495 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 1 $a"A Question of Honor is the little-known, story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal by the United States and England at the end of World War II."
520 8 $a"Centering on five pilots of the renowned Kosciuszko Squadron, the authors show how the fliers, driven by their passionate desire to liberate their homeland, came to be counted among the most heroic and successful fighter pilots of World War II. Drawing on the Kosciuszko Squadron's unofficial diary - filled with the fliers' personal experiences in combat - and on letters, interviews, memoirs, histories, and photographs, the authors bring the men and battles of the squadron vividly to life. We follow the principal characters from their training before the war, through their hair-raising escape from Poland to France and then, after the fall of France, to Britain. We see how, first treated with disdain by the RAF, the Polish pilots played a crucial role during the Battle of Britain, where their daredevil skill in engaging German Messerschmitts in close and deadly combat while protecting the planes in their own groups soon made them legendary.
520 8 $aAnd we learn what happened to them after the war, when their country was abandoned and handed over to the Soviet Union."--Jacket.
505 00 $tExodus --$tInto the Air --$t"This Race Which Would Not Die" --$tPoland "Will Fight" --$t"We Are Waiting ..." --$t"Sikorski's Tourists" --$t"When Will We Start Flying?" --$tThe Battle of Northolt --$t"My God, They Are Doing It!" --$t"The Credit That Is Their Due" --$t"The Glamor Boys of England" --$tBetrayal --$t"The Cold-Blooded Murder of a Nation" --$t"Are There Any Frozen Children?" --$t"I Can Handle Stalin Better" --$t"Speak of Them Never" --$t"The War Is in Poland" --$tA Question of Honor.
505 80 $t"People of Warsaw! To Arms!" --$t"A Tale of Two Cities" --$t"A Distant View on the Polish Question" --$tLight and Darkness --$t"For Your Freedom and Ours."
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Air Force.$bSquadron (Polish), 303rd$xHistory.
650 0 $aAir pilots, Military$zPoland$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Polish.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xForced repatriation.
650 6 $aPilotes d'aéronef militaires$zPologne$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xHistoire des unités$zGrande-Bretagne.
650 6 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOpérations aériennes britanniques.
650 6 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xRapatriement forcé.
610 17 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Air Force.$bSquadron (Polish), 303rd.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00572368
650 7 $aAir pilots, Military.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00802472
650 7 $aMilitary operations, Aerial$xBritish.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710205
650 7 $aMilitary operations, Aerial$xPolish.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710224
650 7 $aRefoulement.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01748468
650 7 $aRegimental histories.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01354209
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
651 7 $aPoland.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01206891
647 7 $aWorld War$d(1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
648 7 $a1900-1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aCloud, Stanley.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aOlson, Lynne.$tQuestion of honor.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Knopf, 2003$w(OCoLC)756194285
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2002044826.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/2002044826.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0414/2002044826.html
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