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karlt
  Aug 19, 06, 14:55  #1

Hi,
can anyone please help.
I am looking for any info on Polish Airmen in the UK during the second world war.
My grandfather Ryszard Tulinski was a navigator with 307 squadron attached to the RAF during WWII. if anyone can point me in the right direction for any info i would be gratetful.

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Tom_Poland
  Aug 19, 06, 15:32  #2

Have you visited 'Wikipedia' ? Maybe you can find information you've been lookin for.

Here, try this : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Air_Forces_in_Great_Britain

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karlt
  Aug 19, 06, 15:52  #3

Hi Tom,
Have looked on that site before. I am looking for info on 307 Squadron which was a night figther squadron.

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Tom_Poland
Edited by: Tom_Poland  Aug 20, 06, 04:34  #4

Hi!
I found a page that might be interesting for you. Unfortunately, it is only in Polish.
Here, take a look: polishairforce.biskupin.wroc.pl/rafmenu.html

You will find there quite a big photo gallery (galeria zdjęć), names of a few crew members, their commanders; airfields which were used during the WWII and so on.

The English name of the squadron 307 probably is "Lvovian eagle owls fighter's squad".

In the evening I will be able to help you with some translations (if you want of course).

That's all for now.

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Shelley [Guest]
  Aug 22, 06, 08:33  #5

rafweb.org/Help_Wanted.htm

this might be of interest

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Matyjasz
Edited by: Matyjasz  Aug 22, 06, 09:35  #6

Have you read "A Question of Honor; The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two", by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud? If not, I think that you should.

You can find out more about this book here: questionofhonor.com


A Question of Honor is the gripping story of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during World War II. Written by the authors of the acclaimed 1996 book The Murrow Boys, which Garrison Keillor described as "a history [of the World War II era] so vivid and clear you get 50 years younger by reading it," A Question of Honor is similarly filled with adventure and heroism. In addition, it tells how the Poles, despite their crucial contributions to the Allied war effort, were finally betrayed by the "Big Three" -- Joseph Stalin, FDR and Winston Churchill.

Focusing on five extraordinary pilots who flew in the famed Kosciuszko Squadron, the authors describe the pilots' escape from their homeland after Poland was defeated by Germany in 1939. Along with thousands of other Polish military personnel, the pilots -- determined to continue the fight -- went first to France, then to Britain. Soon their brilliant accomplishments in the air made them "the glamour boys of England."

Thanks to the authors' extensive research and novelistic story-telling, the men and battles of the Kosciuszko Squadron -- their courage, triumph and defeats -- are brought vividly to life in A Question of Honor.


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grunny [Guest]
  Sep 2, 06, 08:13  #7

You should try geocities.com/skrzydla - this is an excellent website concerning Polish Squadrons in WWII. There is is section about each squadron with a lot of information.

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Wolfie
  Sep 2, 06, 13:56  #8

where was 307 squadron based

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Wolfie
  Sep 2, 06, 14:48  #9

Ryzard Tulinski, Navigator, 307 SQD (City of LWOL) No P784853
Formed 5 Sept 1940, Kirton-in-Lindsey-7 Nov 1940
RAF Coleby Grange= 2 Mar 1944- 6 May 1944-1945

SQD Code E

Aircraft Operated

Defiant Mk1: Sept 1940-Aug 1940
Beaufighter Mk2F: Aug 1941-May1942
Beaufighter Mk1F: May 1942-Dec 1942
Mosquito Mk2: Dec 1942-Sept 1943
MosquitoMkVI : Sept 1943-Feb 1944
Mosquito MkXII : Feb 1944-Oct 1944
Mosquito NF30 : Oct 1944-

Hope this helps

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Wolfie
  Sep 4, 06, 04:04  #10

Ive managed to do a little more investigating and have come up with a Mosquito MK XII, this is what the Polish Squadron (307) would of been in, and flying from Coleby Grange.

I have myself been to Coleby Grange airfield now (private) and derelict, there is a ghost of an airman that haunt's the cafe at the side of the control tower.

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MarcH [Guest]
  Jan 11, 07, 10:39  #11

Hi Karl,

Ryzard is my uncle - I'm Marc Humphries. He was married to my Dad's sister - Jaquie. I understand he died a few years ago.

Do you or any of your parents / uncles have his log book?

Drop me a line on marc.humphries@btinternet.com

Cheers

Marc

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Ranj
  Jan 11, 07, 11:27  #12

Quoting: MarcH, Post #11
Hi Karl,

Ryzard is my uncle - I'm Marc Humphries. He was married to my Dad's sister - Jaquie. I understand he died a few years ago.

Do you or any of your parents / uncles have his log book?

Drop me a line on marc.humphries@btinternet.com

Cheers

Marc

Wow! Seems it is possible for people to find common ground (or relatives/friends) on this site Very cool!

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Wroclaw
  Jan 11, 07, 11:41  #13

Try here:

worldwar2exraf.co.uk/index.html

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Wayc00lio
  Jan 11, 07, 14:08  #14

The Poles were great pilots, I heard many brave stories of them in my time in the Royal Air Force.

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krysia
  Jan 11, 07, 14:42  #15

Quoting: Ranj, Post #12
Wow! Seems it is possible for people to find common ground (or relatives/friends) on this site Very cool!

Yeah, he was my uncle too!!




nah, just kidding.

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John.T [Guest]
  Feb 2, 07, 10:42  #16

My father flew in that squadron and was also a navigator -try this site for full info
com/Mohikanie/307/307Squadron.html - my father and pilot lost in jan 44

Good luck in your search

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karlt
  Feb 2, 07, 15:52  #17

hi john,
thanks for the info. sorry to hear of you fathers story.
karl.

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John.T [Guest]
  Feb 6, 07, 04:12  #18

More info : hi john
I visited Rocky as promised. I am afraid he did not recall your father or Lucian
We went through his log book 'which is something' On the 14th of Jan 1944 he was at wrexham flying a sptfire ack ack and searchlite target,
he returned to 307 sept 44 at grantham flying blemine29th sept 44 he was back on tour with 307 flying mosquitoes. His navigator who served with him for a long time tolinski.
hope this information will be useful to you
brian

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karlt
  Feb 21, 07, 11:41  #19

hi
could you supply aanymore info on "rocky" was this rochimski?
thanks.Karl

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ArturSzastak
  Feb 23, 07, 16:56  #20

Quoting: MarcH
Ryzard is my uncle - I'm Marc Humphries. He was married to my Dad's sister - Jaquie. I understand he died a few years ago



do you have any relation to Sean Humphries? A teacher at Fort LeBoeuf Highschool in Erie, PA-USA?

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Bob K [Guest]
  Feb 23, 07, 20:29  #21

Hi,
Found this site by accident. My father also flew for 307 Sqn during 1944 - He's 86 now. He was a pilot on Mosquitos and flew to the end of the war, and also on the last war sortie over the Channel Islands were fighting was still going on one day after the war ended. My dad's name is Mike Kobierski, and as a Canadian with a Polish name he had the opportunity to transfer to the Polish squadron.
Bob

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ArturSzastak
  Feb 23, 07, 20:42  #22

i would just like to mention that the best American Ace of the European Theatre was also of Polish origin, and he learned many tecniques after asking his superiors if he could fly with the 303. His name was Gabreski or Gabrevski (not sure about spelling, but i am positive he was pure Polish)


neat lil fact

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karlt
  Feb 26, 07, 10:37  #23

Quoting: John.T
he returned to 307 sept 44 at grantham flying blemine29th sept 44 he was back on tour with 307 flying mosquitoes. His navigator who served with him for a long time tolinski.
hope this information will be useful to you
brian


hi brian,
did rocky say his navigator was "Tulinski". if so do you have any more info.

thanks.kar.

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domix
  Apr 30, 07, 08:50  #24

Quoting: Bob K
Hi,
Found this site by accident. My father also flew for 307 Sqn during 1944 - He's 86 now. He was a pilot on Mosquitos and flew to the end of the war, and also on the last war sortie over the Channel Islands were fighting was still going on one day after the war ended. My dad's name is Mike Kobierski, and as a Canadian with a Polish name he had the opportunity to transfer to the Polish squadron.
Bob


Dear Bob,
I'm intersting in story and peoples who served in 307 Sqn. Maybe your Father have unknown pics or photos? His last action ( may,9 1945) has describe in book "Thgrouh the night" A. Janczaka.
Send him a greetings from Poland!
Dominik

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omahadogred
  May 13, 07, 15:05  #25

hi there

my name is peter and i am from the uk i have two/three polish pilots signatures czeszney drobinski kawolski czeszney was in 74 tiger squadron at ra f hornchurch but at the moment until i look in my books on the battle of britain i am not sure what they fly in and what squadron if you need any more information please contact me on my e mail omahadogred@yahoo.co.uk many thanks

regards

peter

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domix
  May 16, 07, 14:55  #26

Hello Peter,

list of polish pilots in BoB
battle-of-britain.com/BoB2/Battle_personnel/they_fought_for_us/polish. htm

Bolesław Drobiński,
Henryk Szczęsny ( czeszney - I think )
Jan Kowalski ( kawolski )

Regards,
Dominik

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wit
  Nov 4, 07, 05:23  #27

Mój wujek- Eugeniusz Malicki był w dywizjonie 307 plut.strzelec samolotowy. Mam po nim zdjęcia i inne pamiątki. Grób jego jest w Siloth .Też chciałbym odszukać osoby jeszcze żyjące, które miały z nim jakąkolwiek styczność. Będę próbował .- Pozdrawiam serdecznie-Witek S.

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boscastlearch [Guest]
  Nov 4, 07, 06:04  #28

Have you tried the contact us section on rafdavidstowmoor.org . They are very helpful and happy to pass on any info they hold. Anne

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steve gilligan
  Nov 8, 07, 13:17  #29

Hi,

My grandfather, Stanislaw Rochminski, was a Mosquito NF.30 pilot with 307 Squadron based at RAF Castle Camps. I have read his log book several years ago and I recognise the name Tulinksi.

Regards,
Steve Gilligan

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karlt
  Nov 10, 07, 01:56  #30

Hi Steve,
I believe our grandfathers flew toghether. the attachment is from a site that has some flying logs, it shows that your grandfather was the pilot and my grandfather was the navigator. if i can remember which site it was from I will let you know.
do you have anymore info from your grandfathers logs about ther time toghether?

Thanks. Karl.

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