Polish 122nd Fighter Escadrille
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The 122nd Fighter Escadrille 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 ...
(Polish: ''122. Eskadra Myśliwska'') was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.


History

In September 1939 the 122nd Fighter Escadrille was attached to the Army Krakow.


Crew and equipment

On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.11c airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Wiórkiewicz his deputy ppor. pil. Edward Pilch and 13 other pilots: # ppor. Michał Samoliński # ppor. Bronisław Skibiński # ppor. Stanisław Wielgus # pchor. Władysław Grudziński # pchor. Franciszek Kozłowski # pchor. Bolesław Własnowolski # plut. Władysław Majchrzyk # plut. Antoni Markiewicz # kpr. Mieczysław Parafiński # kpr.
Adolf Pietrasiak Adolf Pietrasiak (17 November 1916 – 29 November 1943) was a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II with 8 confirmed kills and one shared. Biography Adolf Pietrasiak was born in Kośmin near Puławy. In 1932 he entered the ...
# st. szer. Paweł Kowala # st. szer. Tadeusz Krieger # st. szer. Edward Uchto


See also

* Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939


References

* Polish Air Force escadrilles {{PolishAirForce-stub