Brygada Bombowa

The Bomber Brigade () was a

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unit of the

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 mil ...

commanded by płk obs. Władysław Heller. It resisted the

Invasion of Poland 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 aft ...

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 The PZL.37 ''Łoś'' (''moose'') was a Polish twin-engined medium bomber designed and manufactured by national aircraft company PZL. It is also known as "PZL P-37" or "PZL P.37", but the letter "P" was generally reserved for fighters of Zygmunt Pu� ...

medium bombers, 50 older

PZL.23 Karaś The PZL.23 ''Karaś'' (''crucian carp'') was a Polish light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed in the early 1930s by PZL in Warsaw. During the interwar period, the Polish High Command had placed considerable emphasis upon the role of ar ...

light bombers, as well as 21 support planes. It was organised into four squadrons, each in turn composed of two

escadrille A flight is a small military unit within the larger structure of an air force, naval air service, or army air corps; and is usually subservient of a larger squadron. A military aircraft flight is typically composed of four aircraft, though ...

s. It was similar in make-up to the

Pursuit Brigade 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 ca ...

. * 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 mjr obs. Alfred Bartłomiej Peszke ** Polish 64th Bomber Escadrille (''64. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. pil. Mieczysław Pronaszko ** Polish 65th Bomber Escadrille (''65. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. pil. Maciej Piotrowski * Polish 10th Bomber Squadron (''X Dywizjon Bombowy''), commanded by ppłk. pil. Józef Werakso 10th Bomber Squadron was previously called: "210 Dywizjon". ** Polish 211th Bomber Escadrille (''211. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. obs. Franciszek Omylak ** Polish 212th Bomber Escadrille (''212. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. pil. Stanisław Taras-Wołkowiński * Polish 15th Bomber Squadron (''XV Dywizjon Bombowy''), commanded by kpt. pil. Stanisław Cwynar 15th Bomber Squadron was previously called: "215 Dywizjon". ** Polish 216th Bomber Escadrille (''216. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. obs. Władysław Dukszto ** Polish 217th Bomber Escadrille (''217. Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. obs. Eugeniusz Prusiecki Some reports mention another Bomber Squadron called: * Polish 20th Bomber Squadron (''XX Dywizjon Bombowy'') 20th Bomber Squadron was previously called: "220 Dywizjon". *

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(''55. Samodzielna Eskadra Bombowa''), commanded by kpt. obs. Józef Skibiński * Liaison platoon No. 4 (''Pluton łącznikowy nr 4'') * Liaison platoon No. 12 (''Pluton łącznikowy nr 12'') Another small Bomber unit was the Flight based at

Dęblin Dęblin is a town at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants. The population of ...

, the Polish Air Force Training Academy. During the

, their unit flew many operations using

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