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1 | Andersz | Tadeusz | Flight Lt | P00000394 | Polish | Pilot | PAF attached USAAF | 56th Fighter Group | 61st Fighter Squadron | 1944-04-09 | P-47 Thunderbolt | 1 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski. | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Gładych | Bolesław Kazimierz 'Killer Mike' | Kapitan | Flight Lieutenant | P-1392 | 17.05.1918 Warszawa | Poland | Pilot | Virtuti Militari DFC Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge) | PAF | Fighter | 303Sqn Polish | 1941-06-23 | Spitfire | II | P8330 | Escort | Crash landed near Ramsgate | Wounded. Died 12.07.2011 Marysville, WA, USA | Archiwum Polish Database | Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski. | ||||||||
3 | Janicki | Zbigniew | Kapitan Pilot | Flight Lieutenant | P.76697 | Born 5 February 1917 Kursk – Russia (Age 27 when killed) | Poland | Pilot | Krzyz Walecznych (x3) Medal Lotniczy (x3) | PAF attached USAAF | 56th Fighter Group | 61st Fighter Squadron | 1944-06-13 | P-47D Thunderbolt | ? | RAF Skellingthorpe | Le Mans, France | Aircraft crashed at Le Mans, France. Location : France. | Killed on Operational Flight | PAF Memorial, Northolt, Le Mans West Cemetery - Sarthe, France. Plot 21 Row C Grave 44 | Archiwum Polish Database | Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski. | |||||||
4 | Łanowski | Witold Alexander 'Lanny' | Flight Lt | P00000711 | Born 08.06.1915 in the city of Lwów | Poland | Pilot | Krzyz Walecznych (x2) (Polish Cross of Valour) DFC (USA) Air Medal | PAF attached USAAF | 56th Fighter Group | 302Sqn Polish 61st Fighter Squadron | 1944-11-18 | P-47 Thunderbolt | 6 (2 with Polish Air Force, 4 with USAAF) | Archiwum Mielnika> | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) Born in 1915 in the city of Lwow. In 1935 he joined the Cadet Military Aviation School in Deblin. After graduation, he became a flying instructor. Łanowski flew one operational sortie during the German invasion, in defense of the Deblin airbase. Hoping to avoid capture, the cadets, instructors, and mechanics evacuated to southern Poland. Just before crossing the Romanian border on September 17, they were captured by Soviet cavalry. Łanowski and a few escaped from the column of PoWs and on September 27 they arrived in Romania. A month later, Łanowski headed for France, where new Polish units were being organized. Unfortunately, Łanowski dared to criticize the French military command and was imprisoned in May of 1940. He escaped again and landed in Great Britain in July 1940, where he was assigned to retrain on British planes in April 1941. That November he was posted to 308 Polish Fighter Squadron, 'City of Krakow'. In January 1942, he moved to 317 Fighter Squadron, 'City of Wilno.' In December 1942 he arrived in 302 'City of Poznan' Squadron, assigned as leader of A Flight. After being grounded for criticizing the Polish government-in-exile, Lanowski managed to get an assignment to the 353rd Fighter Squadron of the 354th Fighter Group, where he flew P-51 Mustangs and got the nickname 'Lanny.' After learning that Boleslaw 'Mike' Gladych and Stefan Laszkiwicz had found a new home with the 61st Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group run by 'Gabby' Gabreski, Lanowski wangled a transfer. After 98 missions with the Polish Air Force, where he is credited with 2 victories, he scored 4 victories during 1944 with the 56th FG. Łanowski flew mission 179, his last of World War II, on April 19, 1945. After returning to Poland and discovering the fate at communist hands that awaited Poles who had fought in the West, Łanowski once again escaped his homeland and returned to England, where he rejoined the RAF, in which he served until 1957. In 1962, Łanowski joined his wartime comrade Jan Zumbach in a mercenary squadron Zumbach had organized to fight for the breakaway province of Katanga in the Congolese Civil War. Flying for Katanga until the Katangese Air Force was destroyed in 1964, he returned to England via Angola. Łanowski never received any payment for his combat in Africa. He died in September of 1993. | |||||||||||||
5 | Sawicz | Tadeusz Władysław | Major | Sqd Ldr | P-0596 | Poland | Pilot | Virtuti Militari 8359 DFC DFC (USA) Vlieger Kruis (Holland) | PAF | Fighter Command | 303Sqn Polish 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF | 4 | Died 2011-10-19 | Powązki Cemetery | Archiwum Mielnika> | Battle of Britain. Born in Warsaw. Assignment to 1PL in Warsaw. In 1938, at the annual flight competition he had the best result in education. In the SEPTEMBER. 1939 campaign fought in 114 Esk. Myśl., part of the IV / 1 Division. On September 14, he did a great feat: alone. flew the route Młynów (Wołyń) - Warsaw with orders from Leader for the defense of Warsaw, General J. Rómmel and the head of the "Poznań" Army - general T. Kutrzeby, commander Polish troops at the Battle of Bzura. In Warsaw he landed at the Mokotow airport under heavy fire from German guns. On September 17, he flew to Romania leading the whole air group if fighters. Avoiding internment, he reached France through Yugoslavia and Italy. After training on French equipment, he was incorporated into Gr.Ch. III / 10. After the surrender of France, through Algiers, Casablanca, Gibraltar managed to get to Great Britain. -01.07. until October 31, 1940, he actively participated in the Battle of Britain. - 25.09.1942 Commander 315Sqn Polkish"Dębliński". Assigned to USAAF. After war settled in Canada. - (Toronto ON) ● General Bryg pil. Vlieger Cruis (Dutch DFC) - He died in Canada as the last of Polish pilots who participated in the Battle of Britain. The Urn with Ashes of General Sawicz was deposited on November 30, 2011 at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw Poland. Polish officers, who flew with the 61st Fighter Squadron USAAF, stand with Lieutenant-Colonel Frances S. Gabreski, CO of the 61st FS, 56th Fighter Group, at Boxted air base. Left to right they are: Squadron Leader Bolesław Michał Gładych, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Sawicz, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis S. Gabreski, Flight Lieutenant Zbigniew Janicki, Flight Lieutenant Tadeusz Andersz and Flight Lieutenant Witold Lanowski. |
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