Battle Of Britain
Fighter pilots Sgt Antoni Głowacki (L) and Pilot Officer Stefan Witorzenc from Poland flying with No 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force rest between sorties having just shot down 3 Luftwaffe Junkers Ju87 Stuka dive bombers on 15th August 1940 at RAF Hawkinge near Folkstone, Kent, England. Sgt Antoni Głowacki is also notable for shooting down five German aircraft on 24th August 1940 during the Battle of Britain, becoming one of only four pilots who gained "ace-in-a-day" status during that battle. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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August 16, 1940
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