"First Printing 1974" stated on copyright page; full title: "FLIGHT OF EAGLES, The Story of the American Kosciuszko Squadron in the Polish-Russian War 1919-1920" by Robert F. Karolevitz and Ross S. Fenn; Brevet Press publishers, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good with very minor edge wear.
 
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An illustrated history of eight American volunteer aviators who flew in the Polish Air Force during the war of independence against the Soviets. pictures, and suitable maps.

To repay a debt of over a 100 years, wherein a Polish patriot came to America to assist in the War of Independence, a group of 8 men elected to not go home at the end of the WWI hostilities; but to go help Poland fight a war for a `new' Poland. They named their flying group the Kosciuszko Squadron - after that original patriot. They flew the Albatross and the Italian-made Ansaldo Balillas.