W.28 First Officer 

Anna Zofia Maria Leska 

 flag poland  b. 4 Nov 1910, Warsaw, Poland  6 Jan 1941 to 30 Nov 1945 

 

anna leska 1941  RAeC 1941

 

Anna Leska

with thanks to Krzysztof Kubala

   

 

 prev. Polish Air Force; Polish Section in UK

She escaped from Poland by flying an aircraft to Romania, where she was interned. She managed to escape and, with two fellow countrymen, drove to Bucharest and then Paris, which is where she met her future husband, Flt-Lt Mietak Daab.

Following the collapse of France, they managed to find a boat to Plymouth,

 


 1942 caricature by 'Sammy' Clayton

 


d. 21 Jan 1998 - Warsaw


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