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Jim Auton: The RAF hero hailed 'a true friend of Poland'
By Sandish Shoker 19 February 2020
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Jim Auton (second left) was one of seven aircrew who flew a B-24 Liberator
"When I talk about when I won the war, I always say I didn't do it alone, there was seven of us."
Jim Auton was a modest man who would not describe himself as a hero, but was hailed a "true friend of Poland" after he helped fight off the Nazis in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
The 95-year-old had no surviving relatives, and was thought to have been the last British member of the Warsaw Air Bridge, in which supplies were dropped to Polish resistance fighters.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51413111 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-51413111)
Another interesting article. I believe it says he stopped flying because he was blinded in his right eye from shrapnel.
Poland had a number of pilots in World War II for the allies, I think they said there were some Mexican pilots as well.
A lot of interesting stories from this struggle against evil.
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Another interesting article. I believe it says he stopped flying because he was blinded in his right eye from shrapnel.
Poland had a number of pilots in World War II for the allies, I think they said there were some Mexican pilots as well.
A lot of interesting stories from this struggle against evil.
@TomSea
Were they actual Mexicans,or Americans whose ancestors were Mexicans?
Not that it makes any difference,other than to satisfy my curiosity. I always thought Mexico remained a neutral nation during WW-2.