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Fighter Group GC I/145
"Varsovie"
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Historical
On January 22, 1940, General
Zajac, Polish General in Exile, obtained the agreement, by the
French government, for the creation of a Polish Fighter Group
to help the Finns in their war against the USSR. But the Armistice
between the two countries intervenes before the end of the Training
of the Group. On April 15, this becomes GC I/145. The training
of the pilots is carried out on MS406, but the final endowment
will be based on Caudron Cr714. During its training period, GC
I/145 is attached to the ZOAA (Alpine Air Operation Zone).
On May 19th, the Group
moves to Villacoublay and takes into account its Caudron who prove
to be very under-powered Fighters. On June 2, the Group moved
to Dreux and is in charge of protecting Paris. The missions on
alerts are often useless: the Cr714 does not climb fast enough
to join the attackers.
On June 11, 1940, GC I/145
moved near Etampes, then to Chateauroux on June 14th. After joining
Rochefort where they provide a time defense of the ground, the
pilots finally board to Britain on June 19th.
Staff
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Commander
of the Group GC I/145 "Varsovie"
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| Commander
KEPINSKI Jozef |
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| Captain
LAGUNA Piotr |
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Commander
of the 1st Escadrille
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WCZELIK Antoni |
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| Lieutenant
CZERWINSKI |
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Commander
of the 2nd Escadrille
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Captain
FREY Juliusz
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Pilots
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Pilots
of the Group
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Names
of pilots
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Rank
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Squadron
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Victories
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Informations
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Photo
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Indiv.
Card
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Sure
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Prob.
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| CZERNIAK
Jerzy |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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2
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| CZERWINSKI
Tadeusz |
Lieutenant
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Staff
1st Sqn.
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1
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| DOBRZINSKI
Witold |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Killed
by accident the May 19, 1940 |
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| FIEDORCZUK
Eugeniusz |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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| FREY
Judiusz |
Captain
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Staff
2nd Sqn.
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| GLADYCH
Boleslaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| GODLEWSKI
Jerzy |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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| GROWCZYNSKI
Czeslaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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1
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| JAUGSCH
Leon |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| JODA
Antoni |
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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Assigned
to GC I / 145 May 30, 1940 |
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| KEPINSKI
Josef |
Commandant
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Staff.
Group
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Seriously
injured in Air Combat June 10, 1940 |
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| KOWALSKI
Julian |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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Injured
in aerial combat on June 9, 1940 |
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| LACHOWICKI-CZECHOWICZ
Lech |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 9, 1940 |
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| LAGUNA
Piotr |
Captain
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Staff.
Group
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1
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| LANOWSKI
Witold |
Sub-Lieutenant
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| LUKASZEWICZ
Marian |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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| MARKIEWICZ
Antoni |
Master
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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1
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| NIEWIARA
Andrzej |
Corporal
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2nd Sqn.
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| OBUCHOWSKI
Jan |
Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 9, 1940 |
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| PALAK
Jan |
Sergent
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2nd Sqn.
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| PARAFINSKI
Mieczyslaw |
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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1
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| PATEREK
Edward |
Sergent
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2nd Sqn.
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| SIUDAK |
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1st Sqn.
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| SKIBINSKI
Bronislaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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| SZALEWICZ
Marian |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| SZEMPLINSKI
Lucjan |
Master
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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| UCHTO
Edward |
Master
Corporal
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2nd Sqn.
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Killed
in aerial combat on June 9, 1940 |
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| UHER
Ladislav |
Master
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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Czech
pilot assigned to GC I / 145 on May 30, 1940 |
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| WATOLSKI
Ernest |
Corporal
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2nd Sqn.
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| WCZELIK
Antoni |
Captain
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Staff
1st Sqn
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2
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| WILCZEWSKI
Waclaw |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| WROBLEWSKI
Zbigniew |
Sub-Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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Assigned
to GC I / 145 May 30, 1940 |
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| ZADROZINSKI
Zdzislaw |
Lieutenant
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2nd Sqn.
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| ZANIEWSKI
Piotr |
Corporal
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1st Sqn.
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| ZIELINSKI
Jerzy |
Sergent
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2nd Sqn.
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| ZUKOWSKI
Aleksy |
Sub-Lieutenant
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1st Sqn.
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1
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Names
of airfields
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Period
of use of airfields
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| Lyon-Bron |
April
3, 1940
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| Villacoublay |
May 17,
1940
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| Dreux |
June
2, 1940
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| Sermaize |
June
11, 1940
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| Châteauroux |
June
14, 1940
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| Rochefort |
June
17, 1940
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Aircrafts
The
GC I/55 has been equipped since its creation on April 15, 1940,
with the following aircrafts:
The used aircrafts
are described in the accessible file by the link below. You will
find N ° of series, Registration, date of affectation to the group,
and fate of the plane there.
In
this list are identified :
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Confirmed
Victories
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7
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| Messerschmitt
BF109E |
4
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Dornier
Do17
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3
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Casualties
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Killed
Pilots
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4
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| Sub-LieutenantDOBRZINSKI (Accident) |
May 19,
1940
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| Lieutenant
OBUCHOWSKI (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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| Sub-LieutenantLACHOWICKI-CZECHOWICZ (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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| Master Corporal
UCHTO (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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Wounded
Pilots
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2
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| Lieutenant
KOWALSKI (Combat) |
June
9, 1940
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| Commander
KEPINSKI (Combat) |
June
10, 1940
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