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Temporal Coverage is exactly "1939-09-17"

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Interview with Wanda Szuwalska

Wanda Szuwalska was born on a farm in Poland and was deported to Russia by train at the start of the Second World War. She talks of the journey to Russia, the time she and her family spent there, then coming to England and becoming a WAAF. Wanda…

Tags: 300 Squadron; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); displaced person; faith; ground personnel; home front; love and romance; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Ingham; RAF Northolt; round-up; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

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Starts with commentary on family in Poland and names recorded on visits to Poland. Continues with account of early life, school and life in Poland before the war.
Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…

Tags: 300 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Halifax; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Weston Zoyland; training; Wellington

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