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Anna Leska #Polish pilot: gliders balloons aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot b. #OTD 14 Nov 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName
