December 10, 2004 at 7:36 am
Hello,
I would like to know the name of a ship who transported the polish pilots from the ‘centre d’entrainement de Montpellier’ from Bordeaux to Plymouth where she arrived the 20/6/1940
Thank you .
By: ettrick40 - 10th December 2004 at 15:23
Thank you very much ,guys
What is sure is that she was full of Poles ,that she left Bordeaux (date unknown) and that she arrived on the 20/6/1940 at the place mentionned .the rest results of crossing differents sources . Anyway many thanks .
By: VoyTech - 10th December 2004 at 13:57
I think one ship used to transport both French and Polish airmen was called the Arundle Star.
Ian, I suppose you mean the “Arandora Star” that sailed from St-Jean-de-Luz to England in late June.
By: EN830 - 10th December 2004 at 13:50
I think one ship used to transport both French and Polish airmen was called the Arundle Star.
By: VoyTech - 10th December 2004 at 11:36
I would like to know the name of a ship who transported the polish pilots from the ‘centre d’entrainement de Montpellier’ from Bordeaux to Plymouth where she arrived the 20/6/1940
Ships that evacuated Polish military personnel (including airmen from various outfits) from Bordeaux included three Polish ones: s/s “Chorzow” (departing 18/6/40), s/s “Tczew” (19/6/40) and s/s “Kmicic” (21/6/40, so definitely not your type). Some Polish personnel was also evacuated by a Czech (!) ship, but I don’t have the name or date.
However:
1) AFAIK Polish pilots trained at Montpellier had been posted in sections to various French units before the Germans attacked in the West, and I don’t think there was any particular Montpellier-related group that boarded a ship at Bordeaux.
2) Polish airmen were also evacuated from a number of other French ports.
The participation of Polish airmen in the Battle of France (including the evacuation) is described in substantial detail in a huge volume by Bartlomiej Belcarz (not unknown to some members of this forum) published some time ago in Polish, and due to be published in French.