

Northolt Commemoration Ceremony
30 August 2025
11.00 at the Polish Air Force Memorial, South Ruislip, HA4 6QX​
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The annual and 64th Ceremony of Homage to Fallen Polish Airmen during the Second World War will be held at the Polish Air Force Memorial at South Ruislip on Saturday 30 August at 11.00.
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The ceremony will open with a Parade of Standards led by the replica Polish Air Force Standard and the Silk Ensign of the RAF. Polish Air Force Memorial Committee Chairman Krzysztof de Berg will make an address welcoming dignitaries, veterans, guests and the public. All members of the public are welcome to attend the ceremony. For those travelling by public transport the nearest Station to the Memorial is South Ruislip, about a 1,100 metre walk.
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​Invited dignitaries, representing national and local government, Polish and Royal Air Forces and various organisations and associations will lay wreaths on the Memorial. These will be followed by veterans and descendants of the Polish Squadrons and Units commemorated on the Memorial that flew alongside the RAF from 1940 to 1945.
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The ceremony will be streamed live on the PAFMC Facebook page at this link: https://www.facebook.com/PAFMemorialCommittee.
Unfortunately there will not be a flypast of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight this year.
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