Marynrz [Seaman], O.R.P. "Slazak". Polish Forces.
The ORP 'Œl¹zak' (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Initially laid down in 1940 for the Royal Navy as HMS 'Bedale', she was commissioned by the Polish Navy on 17 April 1942. During the Second World War she took part in 32 patrols and escorted 104 convoys.
'Œl¹zak' was one of eight Hunt class ships that took part in the Dieppe Raid. As a convoy escort her crew shot down five enemy aircraft (and possibly three more).
The Dieppe Raid, in which Mar. Glowski died, also known as The Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee, during the Second World War, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942.
[Source: Wikipedia.]
The ORP 'Œl¹zak' (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Initially laid down in 1940 for the Royal Navy as HMS 'Bedale', she was commissioned by the Polish Navy on 17 April 1942. During the Second World War she took part in 32 patrols and escorted 104 convoys.
'Œl¹zak' was one of eight Hunt class ships that took part in the Dieppe Raid. As a convoy escort her crew shot down five enemy aircraft (and possibly three more).
The Dieppe Raid, in which Mar. Glowski died, also known as The Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee, during the Second World War, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942.
[Source: Wikipedia.]
Marynrz [Seaman], O.R.P. "Slazak". Polish Forces.
The ORP 'Œl¹zak' (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Initially laid down in 1940 for the Royal Navy as HMS 'Bedale', she was commissioned by the Polish Navy on 17 April 1942. During the Second World War she took part in 32 patrols and escorted 104 convoys.
'Œl¹zak' was one of eight Hunt class ships that took part in the Dieppe Raid. As a convoy escort her crew shot down five enemy aircraft (and possibly three more).
The Dieppe Raid, in which Mar. Glowski died, also known as The Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee, during the Second World War, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942.
[Source: Wikipedia.]
The ORP 'Œl¹zak' (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Initially laid down in 1940 for the Royal Navy as HMS 'Bedale', she was commissioned by the Polish Navy on 17 April 1942. During the Second World War she took part in 32 patrols and escorted 104 convoys.
'Œl¹zak' was one of eight Hunt class ships that took part in the Dieppe Raid. As a convoy escort her crew shot down five enemy aircraft (and possibly three more).
The Dieppe Raid, in which Mar. Glowski died, also known as The Battle of Dieppe, Operation Rutter or later on Operation Jubilee, during the Second World War, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe on the northern coast of France on 19 August 1942.
[Source: Wikipedia.]
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