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Name
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Rank
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Unit
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Informations
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Vict. Sures
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Vict. Prob.
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Civil-statut
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Photo
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Indiv Card
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Citations
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| UCHTO Edward |
Sergeant
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GC I/145
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Killed in aerial
combat on June 9, 1940 |
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| WALENDOWSKI
Wladyslaw |
Lieutenant
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DAT Angers
on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
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| WANDZILAK
Stanislaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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DAT Aulnat
DAT Clermont on May 20, 1940
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| WASZKIEWICZ
Mieczyslaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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DAT Chateauroux
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| WATOLSKI
Ernesgt |
Corporal
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GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
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| WCZELIK
Antoni |
Captain
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GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
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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
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| WEDZIK Marian |
Sergeant
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GC I/145
DAT Angers on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
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| WESOLOWSKI
Marian |
Lieutenant
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DAT Bourges
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2
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| WIDLARZ
Stanislaw |
Corporal
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DAT La
Rochelle
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| WIECKOWSKI
Edward |
Commander
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GC III/9
from June 11 to 25, 1940
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| WIELGUS
Stanislaw |
Sub-Lieutenant
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DAT Chateauroux
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| WIERASZKO
Wladyslaw |
Sergeant
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DAT Toulouse
on May 11, 1940
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| WILCZEWSKI
Waclaw |
Lieutenant
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GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
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| WOJTOWICZ
Stefan |
Master-Corporal
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DAT Etampes
DAT Nantes
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| WOLSKI Jerzy |
Sub-Lieutenant
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DAT Salon
on May 20, 1940
DAT Clermont on June 7, 1940
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| WUNSCHE
Kazimierz |
Sergeant
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DIAP
de Lyon-Bron
GC II/8 on May 20, 1940
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| WYRWICKI
Eugeniusz |
Commander
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GC II/10
on June 5, 1940
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Killed in aerial
combat on June 7, 1940 |
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| ZADROZINSKI
Zdzislaw |
Lieutenant
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GC I/145
GC I/8 from June 16 to 18, 1940
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| ZAK Walerian |
Lieutenant
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DAT Salon
on May 20, 1940
DAT Clermont on June 7, 1940
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| ZANIEWSKI
Piotr |
Sergeant
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GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
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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. |
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Born
on 29 January 1917 in Odessa
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| ZANTARA
Stefan |
Lieutenant
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GC III/2
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1
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| ZIEBA Stanislaw |
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DAT Angers
on May 25, 1940
DAT Tours on June 1, 1940
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| ZIELINSKI
Benedykt |
Sub-Lieutenant
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DAT Chateauroux
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| ZIELINSKI
Jerzy |
Sergeant
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GC I/145
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| ZUKOWSKI
Aleksy |
Lieutenant
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GC I/145
on June 14, 1940
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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. |
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Born
28 March 1911 in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Killed at Boxley on 18 October 1940
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| ZUMBACH
Jan |
Sub-Lieutenant
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Lyon-Bron
Defence Patrol
DAT Etampes 20th May 1940
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Jan ZUMBACH
prepared for the entrance examination to the aviation school
and joined the Polish Air Force in 1936. He attended the officer
cadet school in Debline and did a traineeship at the Kiel school.
At the start of hostilities, he served as a liaison pilot. He
fled the Russian invasion of Poland and reached France via Beirut.
He landed in Marseille on 11 November 1939 and joined the French
Air Force. He was posted successively to Lyon-Bron, Etampes
and Villacoublay, where he took part in the defence of Paris.
When the Armistice came, he decided to leave France for London.
He was posted to the RAF as part of a Polish fighter squadron.
He took an active part in the Battle of Britain, scoring 17
victories. In 1944, he took part in the attacks on the bridges
over the Meuse, and was taken prisoner two weeks before the
end of the war. He left England and continued his flying career
in the African wars, in Congo, Katanga and Biafra as a military
adviser. |
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Born on 15
April 1915 in Urzynow (Poland).
Died on 3 January 1986 in Paris (75) |
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