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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 KondrackiStanisławPlutonowyFlight Sergeant70648716.04.1920 Borszczów UkrainePolandW/OpMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
Survived war. Died 14.05.1988 Jarosław, Poland
Archiwum Polish Database
2 PietrzakHenryk JózefKapitan Squadron LeaderP-1915 / 78287806.03.1914 Ruda Pabia.ŁódźPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 9678

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFFighter309Sqn Polish
7Survived war. Died 28.01.1990 Thorpe Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.
Archiwum Polish Database
3 PawłowiczStanisław AleksanderKapitan NawigFlight LieutenantP-045913.06.1907 Mieczyszczów UkrainePolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 9621

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command305Sqn PolishSurvived war. Died 07.06.1987 Croydon, Surrey, U.K.Mitcham Rd Cemetery
Archiwum Polish Database
4 KogutStanisław AndrzejSt. SierżantFlight Sergeant70616813.08.1916 Stryj UkrainePolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAF309Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 02.02.2005 Nairn, Highland, U.K.Archiwum Polish Database
5 PaczkaJan AdamPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-202011.12.1911 KrakówPolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 8501

Krzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

305Sqn PolishSurvived War. Died 09.09.2003 Córdoba, Argentina
Also flew in 300Sqn Polish
6 PicewiczLeonSierżantWarrant Officer78477922.02.1917 Krynki SokółkaPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari 9671

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command305Sqn PolishSurvived war. Died 07.12.1976 Blackpool, Lancs., U.K.Leyton Polish Plot Blackpool

Archiwum Polish Database
7 AnderszTadeusz 'Honey'Kapitan Sqd.Ldr.P-037427.09.1918 Hoensbroek – NetherlandsPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 11082

DFC

DFC (USA)

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)
Medal Lotniczy (x4)

PAFFighter315Sqn Polish
2Survived war. Died 2007-10-29Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw


Archiwum Polish Database
8 BabiańskiTomaszPorucznikFlying OfficerP-120029.12.1904 Moscow – RussiaPolandPilotPAFDied 31.12.2003 London, U.K.
9 Gembicki (later Gembey)Amurat (later Arnold)PlutonowyFlight sergeant70659524.11.1924 Kąty Belarus (Always celebrated his bie=rthday as 1924.03.24)PolandW/Op/Air/GnrMedal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn (Polish)
LancasterLocation : WW2. To be confirmedTo be confirmed

Courtesy Bob Gembey


Star of David Memorial Gardens
10 PetrażyckiJanMajorP-041031.03.1895 Chersoń UkrainePolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 8080

Survived war. Buried in family tomb in ome Italy
11 KarnkowskiTadeuszKapitanFlight LieutenantP-0793 (P-0973?)27.11.1917 Wiśniewa Sępólno Kraj.PolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

PAFFighter Command309Sqn (Polish)

316Sqn (Polish)

Spitfire, Mustang1.5Survived the war. Moved to Connecticut USA. Laid to rest in family tomb 13.09.2013 Wilczyn PolandFamily tomb in Wilczyn



Archiwum Polish Database


Burial in Poland		Memorial Service, Poland
12 PaczuskiJerzy StefanPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-1859 / 78110406.08.1919 Piotrków Tryb.PolandPilotKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command308Sqn PolishSurvived war. Died 14.10.1976 Dartford, KentArchiwum Polish Database
13 MajchrzykWładysławChorążyWarrant Officer 78329610.06.1914 OpocznoPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 8480

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command308Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 14.10.2001 Hamilton, ON, Canada

In France 1940 with Aleksander Pietrzak VM		Archiwum Polish Database
14 PalakJanChorażyWarrant Officer79334112.02.1911Kozubszczyzna LublinPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 10776

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFFighter Command303Sqn PolishHurricaneSurvived war. Died April 1989 England Aged 78Archiwum Polish Database
15 CzerniawskiRomanMajorSquadron LeaderP-25541910-02-06 Tłuste UkrainaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

OBE

PAF316Sqn Polish
See Notes		Survived war Died 26.04.1985 Newark-on-Trent, NottsPolish section Newark

Archiwum Polish Database
16 KalpasRoland AntoniMajorSquadron Leader7675925.05.1908 Taszkient – UzbekistanPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy

Survived war. Died 08.03.1994 Doylestown, PA, USA
Brother of Rajmund Kalpas, killed 1940 in French Campaign. Flew Herbert Schmid Ju88 from Scotland to RAE Farnborough.
17 CzajkowskiEdmund JanSt. MajsterSergeant79280303.06.1906 Gruczno ŚwieciePolandMedical OrderlyMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFFighter Command309Sqn (Polish
Survived war. Died 14.11.1980 Woodhall Spa, Lincs., U.K.
Archiwum Polish Database
18 ParadyszJan KazimierzPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-1897 / 78337828.06.1913 SanokPolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 10304

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)		PAFBomber Command305Sqn PolishSurvived war. Died 21.02.1995 LondonWest London Crematorium
Archiwum Polish Database
19 BargielowskiJakub SierżantWarrant Officer79445725.07.1921 Garbów LublinPolkandVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x3)

Brązowy Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

DFM
PAFFighter303Sqn Polish
5Died 22.02.2010 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Archiwum Polish Database
20 KrynskiAPilot Officer (Age )PolandPAF. Location : . PAF Memorial, Northolt, Archiwum Polish Database
21 GabszewiczAleksander KlemensPodpułkownikWing CommanderP-016306.12.1911 Szawle LithuaniaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari Class IV and Class V

DSO & Bar


DFC


Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Croix de Guerre (France)

Order of Polonia Restituta

Medal Lotniczy

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)		PAFFighter Command303Sqn PolishDied 10.10.1983 Malvern UK. In 1992 his ashes were brought back to Poland and scattered over Warszawa and Dęblin.
Archiwum Polish Database
22 BączakTadeuszChorążyWarrant Officer78031020.12.1920 Zgierz ŁódźPolandWireless OperatorVirtuti Militari

Krzyż Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAF300Sqn

1586 ESP		Died 2005 Yorkshire, U.K.
Archiwum Polish Database
23 Piekarski (King)MarianSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78413104.08.1920 Stoczki Piotrków TrybPolandAir GunnerVirtuti Militari 8236

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

Survived war. Died 10.02.2005 Blackpool, Lancs., U.K.Polish Plot Carleton Cemetery
24 PieślakRomuald RobertKapralAC170709907.02.1926 Jałowo ? BelarusPolandMotor Transport DriverMedal Lotniczy

PAFSurvived war. Returned to Łódź Poland and died thereArchiwum Polish Database
25 PaschalskiHenrykKapitanFlight LieutenantP-166514.05.1910PolandFlight EngineerVirtuti Militari 9698

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
Died in Florida. Date UnknownArchiwum Polish Database
26 PietrzykJan StanisławSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78070016.05.1917 Carycyn – RussiaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 8279

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command307Sqn PolishArchiwum Polish Database
27 CaldwellClive 'Killer'Wing CommanderDSO
DFC & Bar

Krzyż Walecznych

28.5
 Australia's top ace. http://www.starduststudios.com/clive-killer-caldwell.html
28 PalusińskiJerzy HipolitKapitanFlight LieutenantP-138813.08.1912 WarszawaPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 12073

Krzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFFighter Command303Sqn Polish2Survived war. Died 10.05.1984 Frogham, Hampshire UKArchiwum Polish Database
29 PacholczykJan StanisławPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-2072 / 79366114.05.1917 Grotowice Tomaszów Maz.PolandPilotVirtuti Militari 10791

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command307Sqn Polish1Survived war. Died 12.05.1979 WarszawaArchiwum Polish Database
30 MachBronisławKapitanFlight LieutenantP-1565 / 78349601.07.1918 Stare Sioło UkrainePolandPilotVirtuti Militari

DFC

Krzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command303Sqn Polish2Survived war. Died 14.02.2009 Swan River, MB, CanadaBirchwood Swan River, Manitoba
Archiwum Polish Database
31 HamlynRonald FairfaxPilotDFC

AFC
RAFFighter Command72Sqn RAF

610Sqn RAF

276Sqn RAF
Spitfire11

Battle of Britain

Ace

Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots, New Zealander Brian Carbury and Antoni Głowacki of Poland were the only four 'aces in a day' in the Battle of Britain


Shot down a Junkers 88 bomber in his Spitfire followed by a Messerschmitt 109 (Me109) off the Kent coast. Took off again at 11.35am and chased another Me109 across the English Channel before taking it down over Calais. He then achieved his fourth and fifth hits after lunch with two more Me109s off the Isle of Sheppey. His log book shows the three separate flights lasted just three and a half hours.

He went on to fly Hurricanes and sink German shipping in the North Sea and the English Channel before being posted to 276Sqn air sea rescue squadron which helped recover more than 60 men from the sea.

Hamlyn (hands closed) with 276Sqn
32 PiątkowskiStanisławKapitan Flight LieutenantP-057521.07.1914 Jakuszyńce – UkrainePolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 8378

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 01.02.1983 CanadaArchiwum Polish Database
33 MentlakAntoniSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78024629.01.1915 Cendrowice PiasecznoPolandFlight EngineerVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 16.10.1987 Leeds UK.Buried Killingbeck Cemetery, Leeds UK

Archiwum Polish Database
34 PiechJanSierżantWarrant Officer79304025.10.1915 Kulików UkrainePolandPilot. Previously W/OpVirtuti Militari 8513

Krzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 28.02.1998 Nottingham, U.K.Redhill Cemetery
Archiwum Polish Database
35 PasiekaBronisławSierżantWarrant Officer78049608.09.1912 Rozwadów UkrainaPolandMechanicVirtuti Militari 10777

Krzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 20.12.1999 Hamilton, ON, CanadaArchiwum Polish Database
36 MurkowskiAntoni StefanSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78475519.04.1920 Wolsdtrof GermanyPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x4)
PAFFighter Command309Sqn Polish

 Survived the war. Died 2007 Finchingfield UK

Archiwum Polish Database
37 PęczekLeopold MarcinSt. Sierżant Warrant Officer78012311.11.1914 Barwałd Górny WadowicePolandPilotVirtuti Militari 9510

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFBomber Command300Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 16.01.1971 Nottingham, U.K.
Archiwum Polish Database
38 PieniążekJulianPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-1914 / 78039611.01.1915 Stobierna RzeszówPolandPilot. Previously W/OpVirtuti Militari 9086

Krzyz Walecznych

Medal Lotniczy

DFM

Odznaka Za Rany i Kontuzje (Wound Badge)		PAFBomber Command305Sqn PolishSurvived war. Died 30.10.1984 London, ON, CanadaArchiwum Polish Database
39 PaleologAdamMajor PilotSquadron LeaderP-116317.12.1896 Rumno UkrainaPolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 9168

PAFSurvived war Died Nottingham 1947 (1956-05-27 ?)Archiwum Polish Database
40 BuchinLFlying Officer (Age )PolandPAF. Location : . PAF Memorial, Northolt, Archiwum Polish Database
41 KogutStanisław AndrzejSt. SierżantFlight sergeant70616813.08.1916 Stryj UkrainePolandPilotMedal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command309Sqn (Polish)
Survived war. Died 02.02.2005 Nairn, Highland, U.K.Archiwum Polish Database
42 BudzińskiJanSgt780665PolishPilotKrzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFFighter Command605Sqn

145Sqn


302Sqn Polish

Hurricane2Died 1981-04-01
Battle of Britain

RAF 145Sqn in Westhampton in August 1940. Battle of Great Britain in 605Sqn and 145Sqn. In April 1941 transferred to 302Sqn at Kenley. Then a pilot instructor at No. 16 Polish Pilot School in Newton. After demobilization in 1953, he went to Canada where he worked as an inspector in a jet engine factory. In 1958 he went to California, USA - died in South Bend WA USA		Battle of Britain Database

Archiwum Polish Database
43 KołodziejskiTadeuszKapitanFlt/LtP-124801.09.1909 WarszawaPolandNavigatorKrzyz Walecznych

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn (Polish)
WellingtonHF150HaverfordwestTrainingDuring the course of a Leigh Light exercise, this aircraft suffered engine problems and attempted an emergency landing at RAF Haverfordwest with disastrous results. The crew are unknown but the pilot was Flight Lieutenant A A Kasprzyk and the co-pilot was Sergeant Karol Polanin. The accident report is difficult to read but the following is a transcript: EF [Engine Failure] Loss of revs on port engine. Pilot of HF150 decided to land at strange airfield, [RAF Oakington] overshot and went round again and on final landing struck unlighted a/c 615 close to midway. Co-pilot could have returned to base. CO Airfield controller to blame gave 615 green permission to cross runway should have given 150 a red when he saw him coming in to land the second time 1000 yards away. Pilot of 150 allowed his a/c to drift and did not synchronise his motors. Did not get a green to land 2nd time. CO Commanding pilot of 150 to blame AOF Pilot to blame. Discip action. A/O CinC agrees with AOC. The results of any disciplinary action are unknown, but both aircraft were destroyed in the ensuing fire.Survived war. Last known in Canada
Archiwum Polish Database
44 JaszczakS JPilot Officer (Age )PolandPAF. Location : . PAF Memorial, Northolt, Archiwum Polish Database
45 PilniakBogusławKapitan Flight LieutenantP-124920.02.1912 Kuźnica WieluńPolandPilotVirtuti Militari 11481

Krzyz Walecznych (x2)

Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Medal Lotniczy (x4)

AFC

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 21.11.1979 Dorset, U.KArchiwum Polish Database
46 KosznikEdmundStarszy Sierzant Radio Operator Flight Sergeant780477Born 13 April 1920 Kościerzyna (Age 24 when killed)PolandW/OpMedal Lotniczy (x2)

PAFBomber Command18 OTU
AnsonIR3408RAF BramcoteNight Navigation TrainingStruck barrage balloon Survived - slight injuries - Later killed NoneArchiwum Polish Database
47 PeszkeAlfredPodpułkownikSquadron LeaderP-078914.12.1899 Piotrków Tryb.PolandNavigatorVirtuti Militari 4453

Medal Lotniczy
Survived war. Died 03.03.1966 Croydon, Surrey, U.K.
48 Piechocki (Cunningham)Jan AntoniSt. SierżantSergeant78034116.05.1918 WrześniaPolandW/OpVirtuti Militari 9213

Krzyz Walecznych (x4)

Medal Lotniczy

PAFBomber Command304Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 09.12.1988 Coventry, Warwicks., U.K.Archiwum Polish Database
49 PiaskowskiAndrzej JózefPorucznikFlight LieutenantP-2071 / 78473609.09.1913 Latyczów UkrainePolandPilotVirtuti Militari 1115

Krzyz Walecznych (x2)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFFighter Command309Sqn Polish
Survived war. Died 27.01.1991 East Barkwith Lincoln., U.K.Archiwum Polish Database
50 JaszczakMieczysławSt. SierżantWarrant Officer78314622.04.1915 ŁódźPolandPilotVirtuti Militari

Krzyz Walecznych (x3)

Medal Lotniczy (x3)

PAFFighter Command317Sqn (Polish)
Survived war. Died 16.04.1982 Mielec, Poland
Archiwum Polish Database

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