303 Squadron at Palm Springs Air Museum
We recently visited the fabulous Palm Springs Air Museum, located at the Palm Springs Airport in California. The Museum houses approximately 75 different military aircraft,…
January 23, 2026
World War II, 1939-1945
The Polish experience in World War II.
Agent Zo – Wins Polish Foreign Ministry Award
We’re so pleased to congratulate author Clare Mulley! Her book Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elzbieta Zawacka was awarded…
December 23, 2025
Exeter Remembers 307 Squadron
The historic Guildhall in the city of Exeter, U.K., was the setting for the powerful and moving exhibition, Night Fighters: The Story of 307 Squadron,…
November 21, 2025
Agent Zo – Great Wall St. Journal Review
We want to congratulate author Clare Mulley on the great review published in today’s Wall St. Journal about her new book Agent Zo: The Untold…
January 8, 2025
Mascot of the Month: Mysza & Puppies – 315 Squadron
315 Squadron fighter pilot Henryk Stefankiewicz was nicknamed “Mysza” (Mouse) during his Air Force Academy days, and he gave the same name to his P-51…
December 15, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Barry – 300 Squadron
In this photo, Barry the German Shepherd shares the cockpit of a 300 Squadron Wellington bomber with one of his Squadron mates. 300 Squadron, formed…
November 15, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Lipa – 317 Squadron
Perched atop one of 317 Squadron’s Hawker Hurricane fighter planes, one Squadron pilot serenades their mascot, Lipa the dog, on the accordion, while another tries…
October 15, 2024
September 29-30, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 7
We are ending our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising — which has drawn from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by…
September 29, 2024
September 27-28, 1939 – Warsaw Surrenders
Continuing Rulka Langer’s account of the early days of World War II from the point of view of a young working mother in Warsaw, from…
September 27, 2024
September 25, 1939 – Black Monday
Eighty-five years ago today, the Germans launched their most relentless two-day bombing campaign against Warsaw, Poland’s capital — a bombing campaign so devastating that September…
September 25, 2024
September 19, 1940 – Witold Pilecki Begins His Undercover Mission at Auschwitz
Polish Army officer Captain Witold Pilecki volunteered for an almost certainly suicidal undercover mission for the Polish Underground: get himself arrested by the Germans and…
September 19, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Wilfred & Pipsqueak – 249 Squadron
Polish fighter ace Michał Maciejowski poses with one of 249 Squadron’s mascots: a goose. While dogs and cats were the most common mascots in military…
September 15, 2024
