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A Polish Pilot’s group of four to Warrant Officer Frank Czekalski, No. 304 (Silesian) Squadron, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal; Poland, Air Force Active Service Medal, together with Polish Pilot’s badge by Jan Knedler, Warszawa, and numerous original documents, good very fine (5) Footnote The lot is sold with various original documents including Polish Air Force Identity Card 1940; Temporary Passport dated Marseille, November 1939; Royal Air Force Identity Book, 216 Squadron, 1945; Great Britain Pilot’s Licence 1946; handwritten 14 page account, in Polish, of his wartime service, together with a photograph and a later news cutting. Franciszek Czekalski was born in Lowicz, Poland, on 14th May, 1945. He served with No 304 Squadron and later with No 216 Squadron in the Middle East, after which he was, for a brief period, flying in a civilian capacity in India in 1947.