The Patrol of La Rochelle
is set up on May 31 to protect the Air Force schools in La Rochelle.
Based in the airfield of La Jarre, it is made up of Polish pilots
and is equipped with Bloch MB151.
The pilots arrives June
6 from Lyon, but no aircrafts is available. Captain KOWALCZYK,
Commander the patrol, success in finding Bloch MB 151 or MB 152,
disarmed and worn probably from the pilot schools of La Rochelle
or the School of Mechanics of Rochefort .. The Polish mechanics
will succeed in arming them quickly, but their condition is problematic,
leading to accidents, including a fire in flight that almost killed
Captain KOWALCZYK.
The Patrol will only see
the Germans four times, without being able to contact, and on
June 19, the pilots spontaneously join Bordeaux where they will
integrate the GC I / 145
