| Name: Name | 42. Reconnaissance Squadron | 42nd Reconnaissance Squadron |
| Original Name: Original Name: | 42 Reconnaissance Squadron 1) | |
| Date of Formation: Raised/Formed: | 24.08.1939 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | 42. Line Squadron | 42nd Line Squadron |
| Dissolution Date: Disbanded: | 11.09.1939 2) | |
| Successor: Successor: | - | - |
| Subordinate Command: Higher Command: | 24.08.1939-07.09.1939 Air Force Command of the Army "Pomerania" 08.09.1939-11.09.1939 VI. Bombardment Squadron (light) | 24.08.1939-07.09.1939 Aviation Command of the Pomorze Army 08.09.1939-11.09.1939 6th Bomber Wing (Light) |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 24.08.1939-02.09.1939 Torun, airfield 02.09.1939-05.09.1939 Zduny, field airfield 05.09.1939-08.09.1939 Folbórz, field airfield 08.09.1939-09.09.1939 Butlerów, field airfield 09.09.1939-11.09.1939 Franopol, field airfield | |
| Commander: Commander: | 24.08.1939-11.09.1939 Waltera, Wacław Alfred (captain observer) | |
| Armament: Armament: | 01.09.1939: 10x PZL P.23B "Karaś" 1x RWD-8pws | |
| Note: Note: | 1) In the mobilization table under the name of Private Squadron no. The change of name from line squadron to reconnaissance squadron was made during the mobilization. In Polish historiography it is referred to as here. 2) The squadron was disbanded. On the order of the Commander-in-Chief of Air Force and Air Defence, the remaining aircraft with part of the air staff (7 "Karaś" aircraft and 3 pilots) were handed over to reinforce the VI Bomber Squadron (Light). The remaining personnel moved via Luck to Kolomyja and Kut on 12.09.1939-17.09.1939. The order to move the air sequence was issued on 01.09.1939, but due to bad weather (rain and thunderstorms on the crossing route) only 3 machines were flown to Zdun. | |
| Sources: Sources: | Kopański, Tomasz J.: PZL P.23 Karaś, STRATUS, Sandomierz 2004 | |