Three sailors are loading a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun with a shell aboard a Polish navy destroyer, ORP Garland, loaned from the Royal Navy. Gourock, Scotland, 1941. The sailors are Polish, clear from the embroidered gold writing on their caps/hats. They are wearing gloves and utility work fatigues.
Sailors manning a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun aboard the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Garland in Gourock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, November 1941. The sailors are Polish ex-pat volunteers from Brazil, the USA and Canada. The Polish Navy maintained a base on the Clyde throughout WW2. #navalhistory
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