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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 March and August of that year, all peace-time units were deployed to airfields throughout the country and attached to respective commands of Air Force, Naval Air Service and squadrons supporting each of the Polish armies. In the last stages of the air campaign, whole units coordinated all actions in the fight against the invaders. The Polish fighters claimed 134 air victories, including 7 enemy aeroplanes shot down by Polish PZL P.7a fighters, 125 by PZL P.11 fighters of all types (mostly P.11c, several P.11a), and 2 downed by PZL P.11g. In addition, the Polish air forces had a number of PZL.37 Łoś and PZL.23 Karaś bombers, as well as a number of non-combat planes used for reconnaissance, observation, communications, army cooperation and transport. Among the latter were Lublin R-XIII, LWS-3 Mewa, RWD-8, RWD-14 Czapla, PWS-10 a ...
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Order Of Battle
In modern use, the order of battle of an armed force participating in a military operation or campaign shows the hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and equipment of units and formations of the armed force. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the United Kingdom. An order of battle is distinct from a Table of Organization and Equipment, table of organisation, which is the intended composition of a given unit or formation according to the military doctrine of its armed force. Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges. Also the known details of an order of battle may change durin ...
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Staff Escadrille
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Polish 217th Bomber Escadrille
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Polish 216th Bomber Escadrille
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Polish 15th Bomber Squadron
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Polish 212th Bomber Escadrille
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Polish 211th Bomber Escadrille
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Polish 10th Bomber Squadron
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Polish 1st Fighter Squadron Of The 4th Air Regiment
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (french: Polonaise héroïque, lin ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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