No. 1586 Polish Special Duties Flight
1586 Special Duties Squadron
1586 Polish Special Duties Squadron
history
04.11.1943 - formed by the independence of the Polish "C" 138th Special Purpose Squadron
07.11.1944 - ceases to exist, becomes the basis of the renewed 301st Squadron
As a result of losses, the Polish Bomber Air Force had to be reorganized. On 31 March 1943, it was decided to disband the 301st Squadron. The following day it was removed from Bomber Command and on 7 April it was officially disbanded. The four crews were transferred to 138 Squadron for special duties, where together with the three already active Polish crews they formed Polish C Squadron (also referred to as 301 Squadron in some and official Polish material). The rest of the personnel were split between 300th and 305 squadrons.
1586th Polish Special Operations Squadron
After the occupation of Tunisia, "C" Squadron of 138 Squadron was moved to the local airfield Sidi Amor for the shorter distance to Poland. In December it moved to Italy to an airfield near Brindisi.
Pos.
Flights over Poland were organized by the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army in cooperation with the SOE (Special Operations Executive), which dealt with spec. Operations in the occupied territories and on whose orders the Air Ministry carried out operational flights. However, for various reasons, their number never reached the required numbers.
Squadron Commanders/Commanding Officers
sources:
J.B.Cynk - Polskie Sily Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
W. Król - Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
1586 Special Duties Squadron
1586 Polish Special Duties Squadron
history
04.11.1943 - formed by the independence of the Polish "C" 138th Special Purpose Squadron
07.11.1944 - ceases to exist, becomes the basis of the renewed 301st Squadron
As a result of losses, the Polish Bomber Air Force had to be reorganized. On 31 March 1943, it was decided to disband the 301st Squadron. The following day it was removed from Bomber Command and on 7 April it was officially disbanded. The four crews were transferred to 138 Squadron for special duties, where together with the three already active Polish crews they formed Polish C Squadron (also referred to as 301 Squadron in some and official Polish material). The rest of the personnel were split between 300th and 305 squadrons.
1586th Polish Special Operations Squadron
After the occupation of Tunisia, "C" Squadron of 138 Squadron was moved to the local airfield Sidi Amor for the shorter distance to Poland. In December it moved to Italy to an airfield near Brindisi.
Pos.
Flights over Poland were organized by the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army in cooperation with the SOE (Special Operations Executive), which dealt with spec. Operations in the occupied territories and on whose orders the Air Ministry carried out operational flights. However, for various reasons, their number never reached the required numbers.
Squadron Commanders/Commanding Officers
| period | name |
|---|---|
| 04.11.1943-14.06.1944 | S/Ldr Król, Stanisław |
| 14.06.1944-07.11.1944 | S/Ldr Arciuszkiewicz, Eugeniusz |
sources:
J.B.Cynk - Polskie Sily Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
W. Król - Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
