"Wings. News from the World. Journal of the Soldiers of the Polish Air Force / "WINGS"- Periodical of the Polish Air Force| R.IV. 1943. published by the Cultural Section of the Inspectorate of the Polish Air Force; Printed in Great Britain for Welfare Section of the Polish Ar Force by Oliver and Boyd Ltd, Printers, Publishers and Bookbinders, 14 High Street Edinburgh.
16 issues: 1/402; 3/402; 4/405; 5/406; 6/407; 7/408; 8/409; 9/410; 12/413; 13/414; 14/415; 15/416; 16/417; 18/419; 20/421; 22/422.
Condition: tears, folds, yellowing of paper. Pages missing: 5/406 (pages 5-12 missing); 20/421 (pages 5-8 missing).
Articles in Polish and English, numerous photos and drawings, news from Poland and abroad, news from the front. Numerous articles on aviation. Drawings by Felix Topolski.
Sample articles: "Commander-in-Chief Gen. Wł. Sikorski among the bombers"; "Lvov Squadron and the Lvov Wave"; The late Maj. Pil. Jan Michałowski; We talked about Wilno - by a Scout from Wilno; The First Bomb Squadron; Aviation vocabulary; General Kazimierz Sosnkowski's assumption of command.
One issue devoted almost exclusively to the figure of General Wladyslaw Sikorski, just after the Gibraltar disaster in which the general died.
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