OH my god ... MY EYES!
Such long posts are not doing them any good, woljtix, can I suggest perhaps that unless you typed it yourself, that you just send a link next time or at least edit it so that the relevant parts are shown? Not being nasty but sometimes one just gives up reading such a huge post!
Ok back to the subject then guys, as Richard, my polish vet told me.
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"When the Germans took my country I fought with the French, when the Germans took France I fought with the British. I wore whatever uniform I could so long as I could kill Germans."
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Alleigace by the Poles to Britain is an illusion, we owe them a debt of thanks, but they were fighting to the last man for their OWN country, nothing else. They would've worn ANY uniform so long as the country behind it would've provided a single bullet to which they would have happily given their invaders.
As for their contribution; by the time the Poles (who were already trained pilots) were combat effective, their kill ratio was (on average) much higher than the British who were relying a lot on fresh recruits who'd only been, (again, on average), under 20 hrs on combat aircraft.