POLISH PILOTS THAT DIED IN ROMANIA 1939–1940
POLISH PILOTS THAT DIED IN ROMANIA 1939–1940

Summary/Abstract: Given the deteriorating situation on the Polish front in 1939, more and more Polish soldiers began to arrive at border towns along the border with Romania. The most numerous and compact group were airmen, constituting about 90% of the pre-September state of the Polish armed forces. 9,276 were to reach Romania. Initially, refugees were firmly dispersed throughout Romania. This is evidenced by the numbers: at the beginning of February 1940, Poles (military and civilians) were in 93 centres. The soldiers themselves being in 32 camps. This situation during 1940 decreaseddue to the ordinances of the Romanian authorities, which decided to evacuate all foreigners from the Ploiești area, due to the necessity of protection of these oil-bearing areas. Therefore, the Poles found themselves mainly in Oltenia – the area between the southern arch of the Carpathians and the Danube.

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