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John Ward, MC, (15 December 1918 – 29 August 1995) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force decorated twice for bravery. During World War II he was a member of a bomber crew shot down and taken POW but escaped and served as a BBC war correspondent behind enemy lines and fought with the Polish resistance Armia Krajowa (Home Army) participating in the Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland being wounded in action against the SS controlled German forces.

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  • John Ward (RAF officer) (en)
  • John Ward (oficer RAF) (pl)
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  • John Ward, MC, (15 December 1918 – 29 August 1995) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force decorated twice for bravery. During World War II he was a member of a bomber crew shot down and taken POW but escaped and served as a BBC war correspondent behind enemy lines and fought with the Polish resistance Armia Krajowa (Home Army) participating in the Warsaw Uprising in occupied Poland being wounded in action against the SS controlled German forces. (en)
  • John Ward (ur. 15 grudnia 1921 w Birmingham, zm. 29 sierpnia 1995 w Londynie) – porucznik, brytyjski pilot RAF-u, oficer Armii Krajowej, uczestnik powstania warszawskiego. W dniach 10 maja 1940 – 20 kwietnia 1941 jeniec wojenny, przebywał głównie w Lesznie. Zbiegł z niemieckiej niewoli. Do wywiadu ZWZ trafił za pośrednictwem księdza z Sieradza, do którego trafił po kilku dniach. W maju tego samego roku trafił do Warszawy, gdzie pracował przy tłumaczeniach audycji radiowych oraz wydawał własny anglojęzyczny biuletyn. (pl)
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  • John George Ward (en)
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  • John George Ward (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krzyż_Walecznych_1944.jpg
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  • London, South West (en)
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