Polish 7th Air Escadrille (Kosciuszko Squadron) Plaque
Details:
Black granite plaque with the 7th Air Escadrille unit insignia, a WWI fighter plane, and the Polish Air Force insignia.
Monument Text:
NIC DOTAD NIE WZRUSZYO MNIE TAK BARDZO, JAK WASZA OFERTA BY WALCZYC,
A JELI BĘDZIE TRZEBA, UMRZEC ZA MOJ KRAJ
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI, PREMIER RP
W HODZIE AMERYKASKIM LOTNIKOM
7 ESKADRY KOCIUSZKOWSKIEJ
BEZINTERESOWNYM BOHATEROM WOJNY POLSKO-BOLSZEWICKIEJ 1920 ROKU
MJR CEDRIC E. FAUNT-LE-ROY KPT MERIAN C. COOPER KPT ARTHUR H. KELLY KPT E.J. CORSI POR. GEORGE M. CRAWFORD POR. KENNETH C. SHREWSBURY POR. CARL CLARK POR. E.P. GRAVES
POR. H.C. RORISON POR. E.W. CHESS POR. E.L. NOBLE
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STEPHEN MULL |
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RYSZARD MADZIAR |
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AMBASADOR USA W POLSCE |
OSSÓW, 16 SIERPNIA 2014" |
BURMISTRZ WOOMINA |
English Translation:
" Nothing had moved me more than your offer to fight, and if called upon, to die for my country"
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Premier RP
In Honor of the American
Polish 7th Air Escadrille (Kosciuszko Squadron) (7 Kaduszkowski Eskadra)
Universal Heroes of the Polish-Bolshevik War 1920
MAJ Cedric E. Faunt-Le-Roy
CPT Merian C. Cooper
CPT Arthur H. Kelly CPT E.J. Corsi
1LT George M. Crawford
1LT Kenneth C. Shrewsbury 1
LT Carl Clark 1LT E.P. Graves
1LT H.C. Rorison
1LT E.W. Chess
1LT E.L. Noble
Stephen Mull USA Ambassador to Poland
Ryszard Madison Mayor of Woomina
Ossów, 16 August 2014"
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Kosciuszko Squadron
Polish 7th Air Escadrille (Kosciuszko Squadron)
Wars:
WWI
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