With Great Sacrifice and Bravery...

The Career of Polish Ace Waclaw Lapkowski, 1939-41. Illustrated with Official RAF Combat Reports. Lapkowski was in the thick of battle at the outset of the war, when Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, and saw subsequent service during the Battle of France, and the Battle of Britain in 1940 in No. 303 Squadron. He achieved air victories in two of these campaigns. 2 illustrations; 31 photos; 18 combat reports; pilot's flight log.