Jim Auton RAF died
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:32 am
Jim Auton died recently in age 95, his name well known to many Polish who have closer links or remember events of the Warsaw Uprising , Summer 1944.
He flew two times to Warsaw with load of so much need supplies for the Polish resistance soldiers.
One of very few lucky to survive.
More about Him in the BBC news.
Called Friend of Poland, awarded many medals including of course the Polish ones, founder of the monument of those who were killed during the Airlift on the cementry.
To my knowledge today all the places where the Warsaw Airlift aircraft crashed being shot down by the Germans are marked and remembered by plates or monuments (many on the walls of today Warsaw main streets) and whole year fresh flowers are put .
At the former Zagan (then Sagan) RAF (and FAA - the ignorant Germans considered Naval fliers as regular land based airmen ! ) POWs Stalag Luft last year the 75th anniversary was celebrated - really in very well organized way.
The most important is that pupils/students from 17 local area schools took part in competition of historical knowledge about the Great Escape, plus exhibition of military equipment , etc, etc.
Delegations from the British Army, US Army (today they just walk because they are based at Zagan!), Polish military and civilians etc were present
The one of the last former Sagan POW alive Charles Clark was also present as the honourable quest.
Regards
GD
He flew two times to Warsaw with load of so much need supplies for the Polish resistance soldiers.
One of very few lucky to survive.
More about Him in the BBC news.
Called Friend of Poland, awarded many medals including of course the Polish ones, founder of the monument of those who were killed during the Airlift on the cementry.
To my knowledge today all the places where the Warsaw Airlift aircraft crashed being shot down by the Germans are marked and remembered by plates or monuments (many on the walls of today Warsaw main streets) and whole year fresh flowers are put .
At the former Zagan (then Sagan) RAF (and FAA - the ignorant Germans considered Naval fliers as regular land based airmen ! ) POWs Stalag Luft last year the 75th anniversary was celebrated - really in very well organized way.
The most important is that pupils/students from 17 local area schools took part in competition of historical knowledge about the Great Escape, plus exhibition of military equipment , etc, etc.
Delegations from the British Army, US Army (today they just walk because they are based at Zagan!), Polish military and civilians etc were present
The one of the last former Sagan POW alive Charles Clark was also present as the honourable quest.
Regards
GD