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The owl, in the left upper corner of the main aviation page, is actually the emblem of 113 Eskadra, one of the more successful Polish fighter units in the September 1939 campaign. On this page you'll see the insignia and statistics concerning this, and all the other regular Lotnictwo Wojskowe fighter squadrons. Aside from these, there were also some other units (most notably, the Deblin Group), which were organized ad hoc during the first days of fighting. One pilot, Lt. Henryk Szczesny, scored 2 kills while single-handedly defending Wielick airfield, flying the PZL P.11g Kobuz prototype. The numbers of kills by Polish units are cited after J. Pawlak's Polskie eskadry w wojnie obronnej 1939, which is an invaluable reference work for the subject. However, these numbers likely include a certain number of what should be classified as probable kills. Numbers given by Pawlak add up to 147 kills, while the actual number of confirmed kills in the Polish campaign, according to the war-time research by special Polish Air Force commission, was 126. There is also a likelihood of some overclaiming, but considering all circumstances, the actual number of German aircraft shot down by fighter pilots in the campaign was probably somewhere between 110 and 130. Given the enormous technical and numerical advantage of the Luftwaffe, these numbers show the excellent skills and determination of Polish fighter pilots, which they went on to prove in the Battle of Britain, and other campaigns on the Western front. |
III/1 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/1 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. Zdzislaw Krasnodebski Tactical Officer: Lt. Arsen Cebrzynski Initial Strength: 17 PZL P.11c + 4 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 19.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 6 Aircraft Lost: 19 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed, 1 missing, 5 wounded |
111 Eskadra Mysliwska - 111 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Gustaw Sidorowicz Initial Strength: 9 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 7.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 9 Aicrew Lost: 1 missing, 4 wounded |
112 Eskadra Mysliwska - 112 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Tadeusz Opulski Initial Strength: 6 PZL P.11c + 4 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 9.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 10 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed, 1 wounded |
IV/1 Dywizjon Mysliwski - IV/1 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. Adam Kowalczyk Tactical Officer: Lt. Aleksander Gabszewicz Initial Strength: 13 PZL P.11c + 9 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 26.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 9 Aircraft Lost: 15 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed, 4 missing, 4 wounded |
113 Eskadra Mysliwska - 113 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Lt. Wienczyslaw Baranski Initial Strength: 5 PZL P.11c + 5 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 15.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 6 Aircraft Lost: 7 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed, 1 missing, 1 wounded |
114 Eskadra Mysliwska - 114 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Juliusz Frey Initial Strength: 6 PZL P.11c + 4 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 8 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 8 Aicrew Lost: 3 missing, 3 wounded |
Detached from III/2 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/2 Fighter Wing |
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123 Eskadra Mysliwska - 123 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Mieczyslaw Olszewski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.7a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 3 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 2 Aircraft Lost: 6 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed, 2 wounded |
III/2 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/2 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. Mieczyslaw Medwecki Tactical Officer: Capt. Walerian Jasionowski Initial Strength: 20 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 14 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 7 Aircraft Lost: 10 (4(!) shot down by Polish AA fire) Aicrew Lost: 3 killed |
121 Eskadra Mysliwska - 121 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Tadeusz Sedzielowski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 8.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 4 Aircraft Lost: 6 (3 shot down by Polish AA fire) Aicrew Lost: 2 killed |
122 Eskadra Mysliwska - 122 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Mieczyslaw Wiorkiewicz Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 5.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 4 Aicrew Lost: none |
III/3 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/3 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Maj. Mieczyslaw Mumler Tactical Officer: Capt. Kazimierz Wisniewski Initial Strength: 22 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 36 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 2 Aircraft Lost: 14 Aicrew Lost: 2 killed, 6 missing, 5 wounded |
131 Eskadra Mysliwska - 131 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Jerzy Zaremba Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 11.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 3 Aicrew Lost: 3 missing, 3 wounded |
132 Eskadra Mysliwska - 132 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Franciszek Jastrzebski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 20.5 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 11 Aicrew Lost: 2 killed, 3 missing, 2 wounded |
III/4 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/4 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. Florian Laskowski Tactical Officer: Lt. Franciszek Skiba Initial Strength: 18 PZL P.11c + 4 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 21 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 14 Aicrew Lost: 4 killed, 1 missing, 1 wounded |
141 Eskadra Mysliwska - 141 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Tadeusz Rolski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 6 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 7 Aicrew Lost: 2 killed, 1 missing, 1 wounded |
142 Eskadra Mysliwska - 142 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Miroslaw Lesniewski Initial Strength: 6 PZL P.11c + 4 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 15 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: none Aircraft Lost: 7 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed |
Detached from III/5 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/5 Fighter Wing |
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151 Eskadra Mysliwska - 151 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Lt. Jozef Brzezinski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.7a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: none Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 6 Aicrew Lost: 1 missing, 1 wounded |
III/5 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/5 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Maj. Edward Wieckowski Tactical Officer: Capt. Kazimierz Wolinski Initial Strength: 9 PZL P.11c + 1 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 8 (+ 2 balloons) Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 8 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed |
152 Eskadra Mysliwska - 152 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Wlodzimierz Lazoryk Initial Strength: 9 PZL P.11c + 1 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 8 (+ 2 balloons) Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 1 Aircraft Lost: 8 Aicrew Lost: 1 killed |
III/6 Dywizjon Mysliwski - III/6 Fighter Wing |
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Commanding Officer: Capt. Stanislaw Morawski Tactical Officer: Lt. Tadeusz Jeziorowski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.11c + 2 PZL P.11a + 10 PZL P.7a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 14 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 18 Aicrew Lost: 6 killed, 3 wounded |
161 Eskadra Mysliwska - 161 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Capt. Wladyslaw Szczesniewski Initial Strength: 8 PZL P.11c + 2 PZL P.11a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 6 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: 3 Aircraft Lost: 9 Aicrew Lost: 2 killed, 2 wounded |
162 Eskadra Mysliwska - 162 Fighter Squadron Commanding Officer: Lt. Bernard Groszewski Initial Strength: 10 PZL P.7a Enemy Aircraft Shot Down: 8 Enemy Aircraft Damaged: none Aircraft Lost: 9 Aicrew Lost: 3 killed, 1 wounded |
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