so all the planes that you've been you flop flown in yep he's 96 now but in his time Polish airman Marek Yankovic's was an elite RAF fighter pilot who fought in the final year of the Second World War yeah robbing someone of one's life and it may be your enemy but nevertheless a guy Douglas Herman has a wife two children and so it was difficult despite fighting with vim and vigor for Britain when the war ended he felt forsaken Cold War politics meant he and his compatriots were excluded from the victory parade which followed how many friends of my died in the efforts with the Evers I felt betrayed you can imagine victory parade and you are not allowed to attend can you imagine our feelings terrible yet the Polish prowess in the cockpits made an enormous difference to the Allies especially during the Battle of Britain if we lost Hitler would invade at the heart of this fight was a team of Polish fighter pilots who outperformed all other RAF squadrons downing more enemy aircraft yet suffering fewer casualties now a film hurricane has been made to honor their heroic actions and their significant contribution for the Polish officers there was nowhere else to go that was their home Richard cornets Keys father was a Polish airman who also fought in the Second World War he said there was much skepticism from the British when Polish pilots arrived to help in the war effort most of them couldn't speak English from arrival the aircraft were different and that needed training for the polls who hugely combat experienced pilots it was unbelievably frustrating all they wanted to do was get in the air but by 1946 the heroes of the war had become pariahs many in Britain wanted them to go home the Polish pilots felt their sacrifices weren't understood let alone appreciated this film aims to change that sejo khari music 10 you