30/09/2026
🇵🇱✈️ Did you know…?
Did you know that Witold Retinger a fighter pilot of the Polish Air Force in WWII and commander of No. 308 Squadron was the nephew of Józef Retinger, one of the most influential Polish political strategists of the 20th century and founder of the Bilderberg Group?
Witold Retinger was born in 1918 in Wiener Neustadt and trained at the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin. After fighting in France in 1940, he reached Britain and joined the RAF, flying Hurricanes and Spitfires in No. 308, 303, and 309 Squadrons.
He became a squadron commander in 1944 and achieved four confirmed aerial victories against Messerschmitt Bf 109s.
His decorations included the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, three Crosses of Valour, three Air Medals, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Meanwhile, his uncle Józef Retinger was shaping the political landscape of post‑war Europe a key adviser to the Polish government-in-exile, organiser of special operations, and later one of the founders of the Bilderberg Group.
Polskie Dywizjony Lotnicze Polskie Siły Powietrzne w okresie II wojny światowej