Showing posts with label Exeter Guildhall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exeter Guildhall. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 October 2017

307 Squadron Project in Exeter


third from the right navigator F/O Leon Michalski, fifth pilot
F/O Alfred Suskiewicz, sixth mechanic Cpl Piotr Czereda.

 307 Squadron Project invite you to a number of important events taking place in Exeter on Wednesday 15th November (307 Squadron Day) to honour the Polish 307 Squadron.

307 Squadron, part of the RAF, were night-fighters who fought the Luftwaffe over the skies of
Britain and prevented Exeter from being totally destroyed during the blitz on the city in 1942.
This year is the 75th anniversary of when the squadron presented the city of Exeter with
the Polish flag on 15th November 1942 in a sign of international cooperation.

The events on 15th November, ‘307 Squadron Day’ include:
  • 09:50 RAF Brize Norton Parade from the top of High Street to the Guildhall. RAF Brize Norton will be exercising their Freedom of Exeter to honour 307 Squadron.
  • 10:00 Raising of the Polish flag over Exeter Guildhall in the presence of distinguished guests including:
Vice Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Sir John Cave
His Excellency Arkady Rzegocki, Polish Ambassador to Great Britain
The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Lesley Robson
  • 10:30 Exhibition ‘Night Fighters of Exeter’ at the Guildhall opens. This free public exhibition, in both languages, is open until 16:00 hours.
The exhibition is also open on:
Tuesday 14th November 10:30 - 16:00
Thursday 16th November 10:30 - 16:00
  • 16:30 Unveiling of 307 Squadron plaque at Exeter Cathedral. The plaque, which will be placed inside the St James Chapel, will be unveiled by The Polish Ambassador

  • 17:30 Choral Evensong Incorporating 307 Squadron at Exeter Cathedral
For more information on these events please contact us at info@307squadron.org
Andrzej Michalski, Michael Parrott, Marcin Piórkowski
307 Squadron Project
www.307squadron.org
facebook.com/307SquadronProject

poster: Night Fighters of Exeter


Commemoration at Exeter Guildhall

Commemoration at Exeter Guildhall

Commemoration at Exeter Guildhall

Sunday, 23 October 2016

Free exhibition in Exeter Guildhall - Polish 307 Squadron RAF: For your freedom and ours



For Your Freedom and Ours - The Story of 307 Squadron
307 Squadron Project invites you to Exeter’s Guildhall for an exhibition,
14-16 November 2016,
to remember the Polish 307 Squadron that defended the South West of England during the Second World War.
307 Squadron RAF were night-fighters who fought the Luftwaffe over the skies of Britain and prevented Exeter from being totally destroyed during the blitz on the city in 1942.

On Tuesday 15 November, ‘307 Squadron Day’, at 10:00 the Polish flag will be raised over the Guildhall by the Lord Mayor of Exeter. This event has been organised by 307 Squadron Project in conjunction with Exeter City Council.

307 Squadron Project is a British-Polish registered charity established to promote the role and carry out further research on the squadron that were known as the ‘Lwow Eagle Owls’.
The project also promotes cooperation between our nations.

The free exhibition at the Guildhall, which is in both English and Polish, is open:
Monday 14th November 10:00–16:00
Tuesday 15th November 10:00–16:00
Wednesday 16th November 10:00–16:00

There will be a Mass in Polish to remember the airmen of 307 Squadron at
 the Church of The Sacred Heart in Exeter on Sunday 20th November at 14:30 led by the Rector of the PCM Stefan Wylężek.

For more information on the event please contact us at info@307squadron.org
 
Yours sincerely,
Andrzej Michalski, Michael Parrott, Marcin Piórkowski
307 Squadron Project
www.307squadron.org
facebook.com/307SquadronProject
Photos: S.Barrett,T.Adamski.



Polish Night Fighter Squadron 307 in wiki