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Fighter Brigade (France)
The Pursuit Brigade ( pl, Brygada Pościgowa) was a Polish World War II unit of the Polish Air Force. It took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939 as the main aerial reserve of the commander in chief and was used for air cover of the Polish capital of Warsaw. It was similar in organization to the Bomber Brigade. It was composed of two squadrons, each in turn composed of a number of escadrilles. * Polish III/1 Fighter Squadron (''III/1. Dywizjon Myśliwski'') ** Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille (''111 Eskadra Myśliwska'') ** Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille (''112 Eskadra Myśliwska'') * Polish IV/1 Fighter Squadron (''IV/1 Dywizjon Myśliwski'') ** Polish 113th Fighter Escadrille (''113 Eskadra Myśliwska'') ** Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille (''114 Eskadra Myśliwska'') ** Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille (''123 Eskadra Myśliwska'') By 1 September Pursuit Brigade had 43 PZL P.11 and 10 PZL P.7 fighters (Zaloga, p. 34). It was the most successful element of the Polish Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Air Force
The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ten bases throughout Poland. The Polish Air Force can trace its origins to the second half of 1917 and was officially established in the months following the end of World War I in 1918. During the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, 70% of its aircraft were destroyed. Most pilots, after the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, escaped via Romania and Hungary to continue fighting throughout World War II in allied air forces, first in France, then in Britain, and later also the Soviet Union. History Origins Military aviation in Poland started even before the officially recognised date of regaining independence (11 November 1918). The very first independent units of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Poland (1939)
The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. The invasion is also known in Poland as the September campaign ( pl, kampania wrześniowa) or 1939 defensive war ( pl, wojna obronna 1939 roku, links=no) and known in Germany as the Poland campaign (german: Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug). German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. Slovak military forces adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomber Brigade
The Bomber Brigade () was a World War II unit of the Polish Air Force commanded by płk obs. Władysław Heller. It resisted the Invasion of Poland in 1939 as the main aerial reserve of the commander in chief and was used for bombing enemy units in central Poland. It was created just before the war and did not have time to reach full operational readiness. Its equipment consisted of 36 modern PZL.37 Łoś medium bombers, 50 older PZL.23 Karaś light bombers, as well as 21 support planes. It was organised into four squadrons, each in turn composed of two escadrilles. It was similar in make-up to the Pursuit Brigade. * Polish 2nd Bomber Squadron (''II Dywizjon Bombowy''), commanded by mjr pil. Jan Biały ** Polish 21st Bomber Escadrille (''21. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. obs. Jan Buczma ** Polish 22nd Bomber Escadrille (''22. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. pil. Kazimierz Słowiński * Polish 6th Bomber Squadron (''VI Dywizjon Bombowy''), commanded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
111 112 Esk Mysl , synthetic chemical element with atomic number 111
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111 may refer to: * 111 (number) *111 BC *AD 111 *111 (emergency telephone number) *111 (Australian TV channel) * Swissair Flight 111 * ''111'' (Her Majesty & the Wolves album) * ''111'' (Željko Joksimović album) *NHS 111 *(111) a Miller index for the crystal face plane formed by cutting off the corner equally along each axis *111 (MBTA bus) *111 (New Jersey bus) * ''111'' (Pabllo Vittar album) See also *III (other) *List of highways numbered 111 *1/11 (other) * 11/1 (other) *Roentgenium Roentgenium is a chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in nature. The most stable known isotope, roentgenium-282, has a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
113 114 Esk Mysl , synthetic chemical element with atomic number 113
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113 may refer to: *113 (number), a natural number *AD 113, a year * 113 BC, a year *113 (band), a French hip hop group * 113 (MBTA bus), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus route * 113 (New Jersey bus), Ironbound Garage in Newark and run to and from the Port Authority bus route See also * 11/3 (other) *Nihonium Nihonium is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Nh and atomic number 113. It is extremely radioactive; its most stable known isotope, nihonium-286, has a half-life of about 10 seconds. In the periodic table, nihonium is a transactinide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille
The 111th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force ( pl, 111. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army. Created in 1921, immediately after the end of the Polish-Soviet War, the unit inherited the traditions of the famous war-time Polish 7th Air Escadrille (known as the Kościuszko Squadron), in which both Polish and American volunteers served. History The unit was created on May 19, 1921 out of two previously-existing units, the Polish 7th Air Escadrille and the Polish 18th Air Escadrille of the 1st Air Regiment. Initially it was manned mostly by the American veterans of the earlier unit, including Cedric Fauntleroy. However, soon afterwards most of the American pilots returned home and the unit was manned with Polish officers. Nonetheless, it retained the roundel and the traditions of the Polish-American unit. In 1934 the unit was the first to receive the then-modern PZL P.11c fighters. In 1936 the escadrille was stationed in Sarny and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille
The 112th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: ''112. Eskadra Myśliwska'') was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army. History The Escadrille was created in 1919 by a merger of the earlier 18th Reconnaissance Escadrille and the 19th Fighter Escadrille. In September 1939 the 112th Fighter Escadrille was incorporated into the Pursuit Brigade. Crew and equipment On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: 6 PZL P.11c and 4 PZL P.11a. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer captain Tadeusz Opulski, his deputy Lieutenant Stefan Stanisław Okrzeja, and 15 other pilots: #por. Wacław Łapkowski #ppor. Jan Daszewski #ppor. Witold Łokuciewski #ppor. Wiktor Strzembosz #pchor. Janusz Marciniak #pchor. Władysław Nowakowski #pchor. Antoni Polek #plut. Karol Krawczyński #plut. Ludwik Lech #kpr. Bernard Ryszard Górecki #kpr. Jan Musiał #st. szer. Paweł Gallus #st. szer. Leon Nowak #st. szer. Zygmunt Rozworski #st. szer. Władysław Wieraszka S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 113th Fighter Escadrille
The 113th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: ''113. Eskadra Myśliwska'') was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army at the beginning of World War II. Crew and equipment On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: five PZL P.11c and five PZL P.11a. The commanding officer was pil. Wieńczysław Barański and his deputy was ppor. pil. Włodzimierz Klawe. Pilots # ppor. Hieronim Dudwał # ppor. Włodzimierz Klawe # ppor. Stanisław Zatorski # pchor. Rajmund Kalpas # pchor. Jerzy Radomski # pchor. Henryk Stefankiewicz # pchor. Janusz Szaykowski # plut. Mieczysław Każmierczak # plut. Kazimierz Sztramko # kpr. Michał Cwynar # st. szer. Mieczysław Adamek # st. szer. Zdzisław Horn # st. szer. Krzysztof Krzyżagórski # st. szer. Witold Lipiński See also *Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939 The following is the order of battle of the Polish Air Force prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939. During the mobilization waves of Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille
The 114th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: ''114. Eskadra Myśliwska'') was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army at the beginning of the WW2. Crew and equipment On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: 6 PZL P.11c and 4 PZL P.11a. The commanding officer was kpt. pil. Juliusz Frey and his deputy was Jerzy Szałowski pilots: # ppor. Marian Szalewicz # ppor. Stanisław Szmejl # ppor. Tadeusz Szumowski # pchor. Bogusław Mierzwa # pchor. Włodzimierz Miksa # pchor. Roman Stoga # pchor. Zbigniew Wróblewski # plut. Władysław Kiedrzyński # kpr. Czesław Bielecki # kpr. Andrzej Niewiara # st. szer. Benedykt Dąbrowski # st. szer. Józef Kędziora # st. szer. Bolesław Olewiński # st. szer. Jerzy Zieliński #Tadeusz Sawicz, from 5 September as the deputy commander See also *Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939 The following is the order of battle of the Polish Air Force prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939. During the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille
The 123rd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 123. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939. History In September 1939 the 123rd Fighter Escadrille was part of the Pursuit Brigade. Some reports say that the 123rd Escadrille was a Kraków Army "Eskadra" (Flight) attached to the Brygada Poscigowa for the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Its 120 series Flight number indicates that claim. Reference: "Ciel de Gloire" website. Crew and equipment On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.7a airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Leonard Olszewski his deputy ppor. pil. Erwin Kawnik and 11 other pilots: # ppor. Stanisław Chałupa # ppor. Jerzy Czerniak # ppor. Feliks Szyszka # pchor. Władysław Bożek # pchor. Stanisław Czternastek # pchor. Antoni Danek # pchor. Tadeusz Kratke # kpr. Henryk Flame # kpr. Stanisław Widlarz # st. szer. Eugeniusz Nowakiewicz # st. szer. Stanisław Zięba See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
