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175 Polish Pilots are listed below, in alphabetical order.

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Name
Rank
Unit
Informations
Vict. Sures
Vict. Prob.
Civil-statut
Photo
Indiv Card
Citations
UCHTO Edward
Sergeant
GC I/145
Killed in aerial combat on June 9, 1940    
WALENDOWSKI Wladyslaw
Lieutenant
DAT Angers on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
   
WANDZILAK Stanislaw
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Aulnat
DAT Clermont on May 20, 1940
   
WASZKIEWICZ Mieczyslaw
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Chateauroux
   
WATOLSKI Ernesgt
Corporal
GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
   
WCZELIK Antoni
Captain
GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
An experienced pilot who had taken part in the fighting in Poland, Antoni WCZELIK joined France, via Romania, after the Polish defeat. He first fought with GC I/145 before joining GC I/1 on 14 June 1940. On 18th June, with the other Polish pilots of the Group, he joined Great Britain and fought with 302 Sqn. He was killed on 14th April 1942 on board a Spitfire during a fight against ME109s during a Boston Bomber escort flight.
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Born in Kalinowszczyj on 4 October 1906
Killed on 14 April 1942 in La Manche
 
WEDZIK Marian
Sergeant
GC I/145
DAT Angers on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
   
WESOLOWSKI Marian
Lieutenant
DAT Bourges
2
   
WIDLARZ Stanislaw
Corporal
DAT La Rochelle
   
WIECKOWSKI Edward
Commander
GC III/9 from June 11 to 25, 1940
   
WIELGUS Stanislaw
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Chateauroux
   
WIERASZKO Wladyslaw
Sergeant
DAT Toulouse on May 11, 1940
   
WILCZEWSKI Waclaw
Lieutenant
GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
   
WOJTOWICZ Stefan
Master-Corporal
DAT Etampes
DAT Nantes
   
WOLSKI Jerzy
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Salon on May 20, 1940
DAT Clermont on June 7, 1940
   
WUNSCHE Kazimierz
Sergeant
DIAP de Lyon-Bron
GC II/8 on May 20, 1940
   
WYRWICKI Eugeniusz
Commander
GC II/10 on June 5, 1940
Killed in aerial combat on June 7, 1940    
ZADROZINSKI Zdzislaw
Lieutenant
GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
   
ZAK Walerian
Lieutenant
DAT Salon on May 20, 1940
DAT Clermont on June 7, 1940
   
ZANIEWSKI Piotr
Sergeant
GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
After graduating from an infantry school in Konin, he was posted to the 10th Infantry Regiment in Lowicz, then transferred to the 12th Aviation Regiment in Krakow. In June 1936, he left for the Grudziadz aviation school. On graduating, he was transferred to the 121st Fighter Squadron, with which he took part in the occupation of Zaolzie and the brief 1939 Campaign. After the Polish defeat, he returned to France via Romania, and fought first with the GC I/145 before being posted to the GC I/1 on 14 June. On 18 June 1940, he left this group with the seven other Polish pilots for England. Once across the Channel, he trained with Squadron 308 from September 1940 to January 1941. He then joined Squadron 315 from January 1941 to June 1941, and finally RAF Squadrons 307, 605, 258 and 286. He finished the war as an instructor in an OTU.
Born on 29 January 1917 in Odessa
 
ZANTARA Stefan
Lieutenant
GC III/2
1
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ZIEBA Stanislaw
DAT Angers on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
   
ZIELINSKI Benedykt
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Chateauroux
   
ZIELINSKI Jerzy
Sergeant
GC I/145
   
ZUKOWSKI Aleksy
Lieutenant
GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
After the Polish defeat, he returned to France and fought first with GC I/145 before being posted to GC I/1 on 14 June. On 18 June 1940, he left this group with the seven other Polish pilots for England, where he fought with 302 Sqn.
He was killed on 18 October 1940 on board his hurricane during a clash with ME109s.
Born 28 March 1911 in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Killed at Boxley on 18 October 1940
 
ZUMBACH Jan
Sub-Lieutenant
DAT Etampes on May 20, 1940