Polish 122nd Fighter Escadrille
Appearance
122nd Fighter Escadrille | |
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122 Eskadra Myśliwska | |
Active | 1925 - 16 September 1939 |
Disbanded | 16 September 1939 |
Country | Poland |
Branch | Polish Air Force |
Role | Fighter Squadron |
Size | 13 Pilots |
Part of | 2nd Fighter Squadron |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Kpt pil. Mieczysław Wiórkiewicz |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Fokker D.VII SPAD 61 Avia BH-33 PZL P.7 PZL P.11 |
The 122nd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 122. Eskadra Myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.
History
[edit]In September 1939 the 122nd Fighter Escadrille was attached to the Army Krakow.
Crew and equipment
[edit]On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.11c airplanes.
The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Wiórkiewicz his deputy ppor. pil. Edward Pilch
and 13 other pilots:
- ppor. Michał Samoliński
- ppor. Bronisław Skibiński
- ppor. Stanisław Wielgus
- pchor. Władysław Grudziński
- pchor. Franciszek Kozłowski
- pchor. Bolesław Własnowolski
- plut. Władysław Majchrzyk
- plut. Antoni Markiewicz
- kpr. Mieczysław Parafiński
- kpr. Adolf Pietrasiak
- st. szer. Paweł Kowala
- st. szer. Tadeusz Krieger
- st. szer. Edward Uchto
See also
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References
[edit]- Jerzy Pawlak (1982). Polskie eskadry w Wojnie Obronnej 1939 (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności. ISBN 83-206-0281-5.