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He returned to Poland after the war but was imprisoned by the communist authorities under the pretext that he was a spy for Great Britain. While in arrest he was tortured and then, in a show trial, sentenced to death on 7 April 1950. Skalski refused to ask for clemency but after his mother's
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of the 142 Squadron, led by Major Lesnievski, intercepted two formations of Dornier Do 217 on River Vistula. Attacking head on, the Polish pilots managed to shoot down seven twin-engined bombers, two of them credited to Skalski. By 16 September Skalski reached
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According to some sources, he shot down a He 111 bomber and two Bf 109s in that flight, but there is no firm evidence, these victories were not acknowledged officially, and several other pilots also claimed these Bf
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in Poland, in 1956 he was released, rehabilitated, and allowed to join the military. He served at various posts in the Headquarters of the Polish Air Force. He wrote memoires of the 1939 campaign
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sorties over France. On 15 August 1941 he crashed while landing Spitfire W3170 after returning from a mission. On 1 March 1942, he became a flight commander in
1069:"Second World War 80 years on: General Stanislaw Skalski, Polish fighter ace who destroyed 22 enemy aircraft and later spent six years under a death sentence" 1625: 727: 331:. Skalski then landed next to it, helped to bandage wounded crew members and arranged for them to be taken to a military hospital. The following day, nine 233: 208: 1250: 1068: 1565: 1570: 930: 1198: 986: 283:, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He remained in prison until 1956 when a court overturned the previous verdict. After the " 257:. Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and chronologically the first Allied fighter ace of the war, credited, according to the 1042: 1560: 1555: 765: 1575: 1503: 1488: 1474: 1439: 1417: 1374: 1359: 1344: 1322: 1301: 518:. Without firing a single shot, he executed a sudden darting action, which caused the two 109s to collide and crash to the ground. 425: 417: 407: 155: 1517: 1460: 1352:
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Skalski left for a tour of duty in the US in September 1944, returning in February 1945 to a staff position at No. 11 Group.
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In 2015, another biography of Skalski was published. It was written by Grzegorz Sojda and Grzegorz Śliżewski and was titled
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Note: 306 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Toruński"; the unit insignia was derived from that of Skalski's original unit, 142 eskadry
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Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1940-1947 łącznie z Pomocniczą Lotniczą Służbą Kobiet (PLSK-WAAF)
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status, claiming a total of six German aircraft and making him the first Allied air ace of the Second World War.
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for five months. From November 1942 he was an instructor with No. 58 Operation Training Unit.
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victories and two probable. Some sources, including Skalski himself, give a number of 22
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On 2 November 2015, Vice Secretary of State, Maciej Jankowcki, acting on behalf of the
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and on 10 April 1972 he retired. On 15 September 1988 he was promoted to the rank of
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Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
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Note: In this context "ace" means shooting down five or more enemy aircraft.
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Lisiewicz, Mieczyslaw (Translated from the Polish by Ann Maitland-Chuwen).
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Skalski Against all Odds: The First Allied Ace of the Second World War
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at al. Wyzwolenia 10. In the same year, Skalski was the subject of a
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In 2007, Skalski's biography by Katarzyna Ochabska was published.
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In 2005, a commemorative plaque was unveiled at his birth home in
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Skalski died in Warsaw on 12 November 2004. He was buried at the
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Stanisław Skalski after arrest by communist political police 1948
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After the war Skalski returned to Poland in 1947 and joined the
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
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reconnaissance aircraft, which was eventually shot down by
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Generał pilot Stanisław Skalski: portret ze światłocieniem
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intervention with the president of communist Poland,
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Index


Kodyma
Russian Empire
Warsaw
Polish Air Force
Royal Air Force
Generał brygady
Service number
No. 133 Polish Fighter Wing
No. 131 Polish Fighter Wing
No. 601 (County of London) Squadron
Polish Fighting Team
No. 317 (Polish) Squadron RAF
Polish Defensive War
Second World War
Battle of Britain
Golden Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Cross of Valour
Order of the Cross of Grunwald
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
Two Bars
DSO
DFC
Two Bars
fighter ace
Polish Air Force
Royal Air Force
Second World War

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