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The 53rd Observation Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the beginning of the 
Second World War
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 opposin ...
. The unit was attached to the Modlin Army
Modlin Army ( pl, Armia Modlin) was one of the Polish armies that took part in the Polish world war 2 defence of 1939. After heavy casualties in the battle of Mława (September 1–3), the Army was forced to abandon its positions near Warsaw arou ...
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Air crew
Commanding officer: kpt. pil. Józef KierzkowskiEquipment
7 RWD-14b Czapla airplanes and 2RWD-8
The RWD 8 was a Polish parasol wing monoplane trainer aircraft produced by RWD. It was used from 1934 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and civilian aviation.
Development
The RWD 8 was designed in response to a Polish Air Force requirement in 193 ...
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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 March and August of that year, all peace-time units were deployed to airfields throughout the c ...
References
* Polish Air Force escadrilles {{PolishAirForce-stub