Polish Air Force Memorial | |
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United Kingdom | |
For casualties of the Polish Air Force in the Second World War | |
Unveiled | 1948 |
Location | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Polish Air Force Memorial |
Designated | 30 August 2002 (Grade II) 8 September 2020 (Grade II*) |
Reference no. | 1088113 |
The Polish Air Force Memorial[1] (informally Polish War Memorial)[2][3] is a war memorial in West London, England in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. Over 18,000 men and women served in the Polish squadrons of the RAF during the war, and over 2,000 died. The memorial marks the southern extremity of South Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon, near RAF Northolt, where seven Polish-manned fighter squadrons were based at different times in the war.