German soldier WWII 

Pilots from No. 303 (“Kościuszko”) Polish Fighter Squadron with one of their Mk II Spitfires, resting from the strain of heavy fighting during the ‘Battle of Britain’ in the late summer of 1940.

(From left): Sgt Kustrzynski, Sgt Popek (KIA 1944), Sgt Szlagowski, F/O Feric (KIA 1942), P/O Daszewski (KIA 1942) and F/O Zumbach.

Poles

Female pilots of the Aviation Regiment E. D. Bershanskaya after the award of the Committee of Soviet Women, among those present the Heroes of the Soviet Union R. S. Gasheva (2nd left), E. A. Zhigulenko, I. F. Sebrova and photographer Ya.N.Halip (3rd from left).