Complete nonsense. The truth is that 145 Polish Pilots (the most skillful and resourceful survivors of the former "Polish Air Force") who'd, to put it bluntly, had their arses kicked in both Poland and France arrived at the shores of Britain through late 1939 and into 1940, desperate for refuge from that nazism that had conquered their country and chased many of them for over 1000 miles. The vast majority of them spoke absolutely no English and had previously been flying the airborne equivalent of a moped. They had arrived at a country with the world's FIRST real time, radar based, air defence, command and control system that depended on radio direction of its aircraft via English speaking ground controllers, and which was fielding the airborne equivalent of 1000cc superbikes. Imagine young lads who'd only ever riden mopeds around their local town centre being let loose in the middle of London on 1000cc superbikes? The Poles were first taught (literally on bicycles) the discipline and formations that Britain's air defence system required to operate, because "freelancing" pilots & standing patrols, such as the Polish & French air forces had previously employed had TWICE proved completely incapable of providing an effective air defence against the Luftwaffe, once in Poland and again in France. While they were learning that discipline, they also learned rudimentary English to be able to follow the orders of the British ground controllers, they simultaneously had to complete "operational conversion" training to learn how to pilot the far more powerful and complex Hurricanes that they were to pilot in the battle ahead (which is what they were originally doing at the start of this film clip). Quite understandably their English language skills were by September 1940 still insufficient for them to accurately follow ground controller's orders over the radio, and so English speaking officers were originally appointed to the squadron until their English language was of a standard to be able to accurately communicate with the RAF's controllers, where upon Polish officers, who had been "shadowing" their British counterparts, were then placed in command of the squadron. Once they'd completed that they provided a small but valuable part of the defence of the refuge they'd been given. As opposed to the complete nonsense you've typed. Try learning reality before shooting your mouth off about subjects you've NO idea about. No need to thank me for ridding you of your ignorance.

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 I know what I know how do you they were bad pilots if not British you can't fly

@@christopher-ke9nj Please tell me where I said the Poles were "Bad pilots"? That is YOUR misunderstanding and NOT what I said. Piloting skills alone were not enough to beat an air assault, that had TWICE been proven in Poland and in France. Those skills had to be directed to the right place at the right time, and the Poles as well as being initially completely unfamiliar with the aircraft they were about to pilot during the battle of Britain could also NOT speak English and so could not be directed by the UK's air defence system. It was that air defence system that made ALL the difference between defeat in Poland & France and victory over the skies of the UK.

Why? Why not look up any of the other 63 RAF Fighter Command Squadrons in the battle of Britain?

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