Cecylia Raczyńska. wife of Edward Bernard Raczyński, Polish ambassador to Britain,
Launching ORP Błyskawica at J.S. Whites, Cowes on October 1,1936.
Her husband later became President of the Governemnt of Poland In Exile.

ORP Błyskawica Launching at J.S. Whites, Cowes in 1936

Błyskawica and Grom Moored (farside) on the River Medina, Cowes in 1936

Błyskawica at the Fitting Out Quay at J.S. Whites, Cowes in 1937

Operation Peking: ORP Błyskawica, followed by ORP Burza and ORP Grom, en route to Scotland in 1939

ORP Grom and ORP Blyskawica leading Royal Navy destroyers and HMS Warspite during the 2nd Battle of Narvid in 1940

Heinkel He 115 dropping a torpedo (circa 1941), an incident first reported by the crew of ORP Blyskawica

Błyskawica Firing On German Bombers Attacking Cowes on May 4 - 5, 1942

Atlantic Convoy at rendezvous point in 1943

Servicing ORP Blyskawica's Torpedo Launchers and an Anti-Aircraft Gun

ORP Błyskawica in 1944

ORP Błyskawica in 1947

ORP Błyskawica leaving Cowes to return to Poland in July, 1947

ORP Błyskawica at the Okret Museum, Gdynia, Poland

Virtuti Militari

Commemorative coin minted by the Republic of Poland in 2012 (Obverse)

Commemorative coin minted by the Republic of Poland in 2012 (Reverse)

Cmdr. Wojciech_Francki

CPO Czeslaw Guzenda (1942) - Leon's Father

Czeslaw Guzenda's WWII Medals

"Kaszyk" Franciszek Kowalczyk - Leon's Godfather