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List of the Polish volunteers who served in, Polskie Siy Powietrzne w II wojnie wiatowej. On 5 June 1942, the squadron engaged Fw 190 fighters and claimed three for no loss. There was also no flying on Boxing Day with S/Ldr Koc recording, 'I think that congratulations will soon come from neighbouring bars. The Squadron intercepted its first enemy aircraft on 20 August. Two years later he completed his first gliding course in Goleszw near Cieszyn. 303 was formed in July 1940 in Blackpool, Britain [4] before deployment to RAF Northolt on the 2nd of August as part of an The squadron was formed at RAF Acklington, England, on 21 January 1941. At the end of 1940, the PAF in the Great Britain exceeded 8,000 personnel. Place of birth was established for 15,314 (89%) of the PAF members. January however did not pass without incident; F/Sgt. On 7 April, 302 Squadron relocated to Kenley from Tangmere, they had moved there on 1 April but there was Nothing of importance to report during their stay, although Nastorowicz took part in two patrols. ", "Fighting with the Allies: Remembering Polish Fighters. The Polish pilot | Historical Eye On the same day, the rest of the Squadron participated in an exercise where they acted as close escorts to 12 Marauders bombing 'Townpatrick' (Downpatrick) where they were engaged by 4 Mustangs acting as enemy aircraft. They're driven by something very different from the British in the sense that Britain is not occupied it may have been attacked but it's not the same as having your country occupied by an enemy force, so, they're very very keen as were the Czechs to bring the battle to the Germans.". Battle of Britain History | Royal Air Force History | RAF Museum P/O Daszewski was shot down and seriously wounded, while F/O Pisarek bailed out. Tens of thousands of Polish servicemen escaped to France to continue the fight. He was replaced by F/L Jankiewicz. Covering the naval and ground forces, No. For the Indian Naval Air Arm squadron, see, List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons, Brief history of No. In 1943 and 1944 a further two observation squadrons were formed. Bartkowiak reported the following; 'on 14.12.43 at approx. no 300 took part in night raids until March 1944, and then was re-equipped with Lancasters for the rest of the war. 303 Squadron would receive their own orders in advance of this operation. Maj. Gen. Stanley F.H. With online collection stories, new exhibitions and virtual reality experiences, discover the Battle of Britain story with IWM Duxford. On 6 September 1940, nine Hurricanes were scrambled towards incoming bomber formations. . A few seconds later I noticed that we were flying straight into a fairly high mountain. One of the pilots, Flying Officer Ludwik Paszkiewicz, describes the action in an official report: 'After a while we noticed ahead a number of aircraft carrying out various evaluations I reported it the Commanding Officer, S/Ldr [Squadron Leader] Kellett, by the R/T [Radio Telephone] and, as he did not seem to reply, I opened up the throttle and went in the direction of the enemyThen I noticed, at my own altitude, a bomber with twin rudders probably a Dornier turning in my directionThen I aimed at the fuselage and opened fire from about 200 yards, later transferring it to the port engine, which I set on fireThe Dornierdived and then hit the ground without pulling out of the dive and burst into flames. Mar 30, 2010 #20 v2 Captain. After the Battle of Britain the Polish Air Force continued to serve alongside the RAF until the last day of the war. [12] Two other aircraft were damaged. Polish Air Force Memorial | Key Aero