User:Reguyla\Mieczyslaw Wyszkowski

Mieczysław M. Wyszkowski (9 December 1918 in Nowy Sącz - 28 May 1996 in Warsaw) was a Polish Captain/Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Mieczyslaw Wyszkowski was born in Poland on December 9, 1918. He entered the School of the Air in the 14th Air Cadet Promotion in 1939. Evacuated with the rest of the promotion to France via Romania, secondarily he joined Britain 27 juinoù he completed his fighter pilot training. After conducting its operational conversion to OTU 58, he joined the Squadron 303 in late August 1941. A few weeks later, he was transferred to Squadron 306. Only five days after his arrival, he was again transferred to Squadron 316 September 23, 1941. He retains his post for 11 months before returning to the Squadron 306 15 August 1942. On 20 November, he changed assignment and joined the Squadron 195 before being posted to North Africa in February 1943 to integrate the Polish Fighter Team, a section of Polish volunteers under the leadership of Squadron 145 to take part in the campaign in Tunisia. He joined the team April 18, 1943 and after the end of the campaign in Tunisia continues to fight in the Mediterranean until the end of the war, becoming one of the few Polish pilots to stay in the area. On May 18, 1945, he returned to Blackpool in April 1946 where he joined Coltishall wins Squadron 315 the following month. He returned to Poland in the late 1940s and became an airline pilot within the company LOT Polish Airlines. In the early 50s he has to undergo as many of his former comrades who fought in the RAF, the presécutions the communist regime. Author of two books, he died in Warsaw May 28, 1996.

Awards

 * Krzyz Walecznych with 3 bars
 * Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Virtuti Militari in Silver
 * War Medal 1939-1945
 * 1939-1945 Star