Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sily Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. SHORES C. - THOMAS C.: 2nd Tactical Air Force, volume 3, Classic Pub., Hersham 2006, ISBN 1-903223-60-1
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The official emblem consecrated by the British monarch was not assigned to the squadron, but its entire existence was accompanied by this emblem, which was recognized as the official Polish government in exile.
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1940
Formed 29.August and as well as her sister 304. squadron was composed of airmen evacuated from France. The training started on airplanes Fairey Battle, but in November the command of the air force bomber decided to overkill on the heavy bombers Vickers Wellington and training has started at the base of the Syerston again. Flying in this year passed without loss.
resources http://polishairforce.pl/ http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ http://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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Due to bad weather and soggy airport training drag on, but 24.04 the pilots had to wait and the squadron was declared operationally fit. Already the same night to take three of the crew (commanders W/Cdr Klenczynski, F/O Jonikas and F/Sgt Trembaczynski) raid on Rotterdam. Then take air raids on targets in occupied Europe and in Germany. Conducted 281 combat flights in the length of 1479 hours. 58 pilots lost during the operating years (including the crew of the british commander, W/Cdr J. Drysdalea), 6 killed during a training flight, 14 pilots lost to the captives, and 2 are managed through Spain to get back to Britain.
losses
date:
machine
cause
crew
02./03.05.
Wellington R1214 SM-N
a Raid on Emden. Shot down by a night tank above the The netherlands.
F/O (pil.) Józef Nogal - POW Sgt (pil.) Tomasz Kasprzyk - POW F/O (nav.) Wacław Malak - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Żuk - POW P/O (wed.) Mieczysław Ryszkiewicz - KIA P/O (wed.) Aleksander Jastrzębski - POW
08./09.05.
Wellington R1322 SM-F
a Raid on Bremen. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands.
(F/Sgt (pil.) John Dorman - KIA Sgt (pil.) Zdzisław Gwóźdź - KIA P/O (nav.) Maciej Socharski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanislaw Pisarski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Ludwik Karcz - KIA Sgt (wed.) Hehryk Sikorski - KIA
12.06.
Wellington R1017 SM-
Training flight. Collision in the air with a piece of Oxford.
(F/Lt (pil.) Tadeusz Stefanicki - KAS Sgt. (pil.) Kazimierz Mruk - KAS F/O (nav.) Marian Wójtowicz - KAS Sgt (rtg.) Jerzy Krawczyk - KAS F/O (wed.) Aleksander Zirkwitz - KAS F/O (wed.) Stanisław Kowalcze - KAS
18./19.06.
Wellington R1696 SM-F
a Raid on Bremen. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands. Sgt Rogowski died 19.06. the consequences injury.
Sgt (pil.) Stanisław Lewek - POW Sgt (pil.) Edward Ołenyn - POW F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Jaklewicz - POW Sgt (rtg.) Eryk Dębkowski - POW F/O (wed.) Kazimierz Żerebecki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Henryk Rogowski - POW
24./25.06.
Wellington W5723 SM-F
a Raid on Boulogne. Damaged flakem crash-landed in the channel La Manche.
S/Ldr (pil.) Kazimierz Kielich - KIA Sgt (pil.) Wacław Januszkiewicz - KIA W/O (nav.) Zbigniew Idzikowski - rescued Sgt (rtg.) Zbigniew Lewoniec - KIA Sgt (wed.) Stanisław Witczak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Tadeusz Frankowski - rescued
09./10.07.
Wellington R1762 SM-G
a Raid on Osnabrück. Shot down by a night tank over Germany.
Sgt (pil.) Jan Mikszo - POW Sgt (pil.) Wacław Siemiński - POW F/O (nav.) Mieczysław Marcola - POW Sgt (rtg.) Jan Dębiec - POW F/O (wed.) Brunon Okoński - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Minta - POW
14./15.07.
Wellington W5726 SM-Q
a Raid on Bremen. Shot down flakem over the target.
F/O (pil.) Jerzy Janota-Bzowski - KIA P/O (pil.) Jan Ostrowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Antoni Lisiński - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanisław Mitkowski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Czesław Kaczalski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Antoni Burak - KIA
05./06.08.
Wellington W5593 SM-P
a Raid on Aachen. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium.
S/Ldr (pil.) Szczepan Ścibor - POW Sgt (pil.) Stefan Tomicki - escaped captivity F/O (nav.) Jerzy Sukiennik - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Michał Kowalski - escaped captivity F/O (wed.) Mieczysław Saferna - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Rybak - KIA
16./17.08.
Wellington W5463 SM-E
Raid on Cologne n/R. Shot down flakem over Belgium and crashed to the North sea.
Sgt (pil.) Stanisław Przecławski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Jan Płachta - KIA F/O (nav.) Alfons Miondlikowski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanisław Stankiewicz - KIA Sgt (wed.) Felix Wardeński - KIA F/Sgt (wed.) Edward Majewski - KIA
15/16.09.
Wellington W5526 SM-J
Raid on Le Havre. Shot down over the target. W/Cdr Drysdale was the british commander of the squadron.
W/Cdr (pil.) James K. M. Drysdale - KIA F/Sgt (pil.) John D. Truscot - KIA F/Lt (nav.) Walter R. Gardiner - KIA F/Lt (ray.) William C. Ward - KIA F/Sgt (wed.) William C. Wheatley - KIA F/O (wed.) Ithel D. Jeremy - KIA
26./27.09.
Wellington W5557 SM-G
Raid on Cologne n/R. Crash while attempting to land in bad landing. Sgt Korczyk died of the consequences injury 27.09.41.
Sgt (pil.) Eugeniusz Buszko - KIA Sgt (pil.) Tadeusz Korczyk - KIA P/O (nav.) Stanisław Barzdo - injured Sgt (rtg.) Jerzy Leyche - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wiktor Wasilenko - KIA Sgt (wed.) Zygmunt Pisarek - injured
16./17.10.
Wellington W5579 SM-L
a Raid on Dunkirk. Damaged flakem crashed into the sea.
F/O (pil.) Marian Kosowski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Stefan Hildebrandt - KIA F/O (nav.) Antoni Bryk - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Lang - KIA Sgt (wed.) Jan Hejnowski - KIA P/O (wed.) Jan Łucki - KIA
23/24.12.
Wellington W5374 SM-J
Raid on Cologne n/R. Severely damaged flakem crashed in England.
Sgt (pil.) Henryk Rozpara - KIA P/O (pil.) Czesław Gołacki - KIA F/O (nav.) Alfons Nowak - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Barącz - KIA P/O (wed.) Jan Siwiec - KIA Sgt (wed.) Zdzisław Kurowski - KIA
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources https://polishairforce.pl/ https://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ https://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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Squadron continue its raids on the continent. In the night from 24. on at 25.04 unit celebrated the year of the operational deployment event in Rotterdam all the crews squadron. In may and June, the company also participated in the raids 1000 aircraft on Cologne and Bremen. Due to the loss of the crew usually flew without a second pilot. In the second half of the year were its role mainly the bombing of the ruhr region and laying min in the ports of France after Helgoland. Squadron passed the 587 operational flights in the length of 3273 hours. And in this year, the squadron suffered heavy losses. Outside of the fallen and wounded many airmen went into captivity. A few managed to escape from prison camps or hospitals and return back to the Kingdom. This happiness, however, not F/O To. Pawluk and F/Lt And. Kiewnarski, who in 1944 participated in the famous "Great escape" from the camp of Stalag Luft III in Saganu. Both of them were caught and murdered. As a member of the crew of the squadron perished also the Polish commander of the base Lindholme G/Cpt With. Skarżyński, who often participated in combat missions as a gunner.
losses/losses
date:
machine
cause
crew
26./27.02.
Wellington II W5423 SM-R
a Raid on Kiel. Hit flakem over the target, exploded while attempting an emergency landing in Denmark
F/O (pil.) John Orzechowski - KIA P/O (pil.) Stanisław Żeromski - KIA F/O (nav.) Aleksander Golczewski - KIA P/O (rtg.) Walerian Gidaszewski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Edward Cegłowski - KIA F/O (wed.) Mieczysław Gorzeński - KIA
13./14.03.
Wellington II Z8438 SM-B
Raid on Cologne n/R. Damaged flakem over the target, crashed at the time of landing.
F/O (pil.) Czesław Rymkiewicz - KIA P/O (pil.) Mieczysław Dranicki - KIA F/O (nav.) Stanisław Ostaszewski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Bala - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Sasin - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Galas - injured
28./29.03.
Wellington II W5567 SM-M
Raid on Lübeck. Shot down flakem over the target. F/O Pawluk he was shot by the gestapo 29.03.44 during the escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft III in Saganu.
Sgt (pil.) Franciszek Wąsiński F/O (pil.) Jerzy Jungowski F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Pawluk Sgt (rtg.) Marian Skubiszewski Sgt (wed.) Czeslaw Krupa Sgt (wed.) Józef Krawiec
14./15.04.
Wellington II Z8586 SM-W
a Raid on Dortmund. Damaged flakem crash-landed in England.
F/O (pil.) Stefan Sznidel - KIA F/O(pil.) Kazimierz Konopasek - injured F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Joszt - injured Sgt (rtg.) Wacław Szmidt Sgt (wed.) Kazimierz Pasich - KIA Sgt (wed.) Bronisław Sedzimir
03./04.05.
Wellington II Z8406 SM-G
a Raid on Hamburg. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level.
F/O (pil.) Antoni Jankowski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Władysław Wieraszka - KIA F/O (nav.) Stanisław Barzdo - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Zagórski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Nowotarski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Stanislaw Gross - KIA
05./06.05.
Wellington Z8599 SM-R
a Raid on Stuttgart. Shot down flakem over Belgium.
a Raid on Essen. Damaged the nightlife of the tank, fell over England.
(F/Lt (pil.) Robert Hirszbandt - KIA F/O (pil.) Kazimierz Wieliczko - KIA F/O (nav.) Zbigniew Szela - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Józef Zawistowski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Ulicki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Bronisław Sędzimir - KIA
19./20.06.
Wellington II Z8339 SM-N
a Raid on Emden. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands.
Sgt (pil.) Alojzy Gusowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Henry Jankiewicz - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Kazimierz Ardelli - KIA Sgt (wed.) Marian Świderski - KIA F/Lt (alt.) Stefan Madejczyk - POW
25./26.06.
Wellington II Z8528 SM-R
a Raid on Bremen. Crash-landed on the sea near the british shores. G/Cpt Skarżyński, the Polish commander of the the base of the Lindholme, as the only didn't get into the dinghy.
P/O (pil.) Józef Szybka F/Lt (nav.) Kazimierz Nowak Sgt (rtg.) Władysław Schmidt G/Cpt (alt.) Stanisław Skarżyński - KIA F/Lt (alt.) Edward Rudowski
20./21.08.
Wellington IV Z1471 SM-ON
Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Brest. Shot down flakem over France. Sgt Reginis and Sgt Pelc later escaped from the pow camps and returned back to Britain.
F/O (pil.) Kazimierz Borowski - POW Sgt (pil.) Adam Barszcz - POW F/O (nav.) Stefan Lintzel - POW Sgt (rtg.) Edward Pelc - POW Sgt (wed.) Feliks Ratajski - POW Sgt (wed.) W. Reginis - POW
27./28.08.
Wellington IV Z1245 SM-D
a Raid on Kassel. Shot down by a night tank above the The netherlands. F/Lt Kiewnarski was shot the gestapo 29.03.44 during the escape from the prison the camp Stalag Luft III in Saganu. Sgt Frankowski he escaped from captivity and returned to Britain.
Sgt (pil.) Jan Pytlak - KIA F/Lt (nav.) Antoni Kiewnarski - POW F/Sgt (rtg.) Feliks Gawlak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Janik - KIA Sgt (wed.) Tadeusz Frankowski - POW
28./29.08.
Wellington IV Z1281 SM-
a Raid on Saarbrücken. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium.
P/O (pil.) Stanisław Turski - KIA Sgt (pil.) J Korepta - KIA F/O (nav.) Jan Klocek - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Kazimierz Górny - KIA Sgt (wed.) Czesław Poniatowski - KIA
28./29.08.
Wellington Z1416 SM-N
a Raid on Saarbrücken. Damaged night tank over Belgium. The shooter killed a fire fighter and three members of the the crew left the burning machine on the padácích. Pilots can extinguish the fire landed in the Uk.
F/O (pil.) Tadeusz Czołowski Sgt (pil.) Mieczysław Seredyn P/O (nav.) Henryk Aleksandrowicz - POW Sgt (rtg.) Mieczysław Ćwikliński - POW Sgt (bomb.) Franciszek Kula - escaped captivity Sgt (wed.) Stefan Rueger - KIA
23./24.09.
Wellington IV Z1476 SM-F
Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Lorient. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level.
Sgt (pil.) Tadeusz Sękowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Ryszard Rodzynkiewicz - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Aleksander Pruchniewicz - KIA F/O (bomb.) Leon Ostaszewski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Antoni Ostrowski - KIA
31.10./01.11.
Wellington IV Z1279 SM-ON
Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Lorient. Shot down by a night tank above the sea level.
F/O (pil.) Andrzej Rogowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Joszt - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Bronisław Ossowski - KIA F/O (bomb.) Jerzy Górecki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Pilarski - KIA
19./20.11.
Wellington Z1496 SM S
Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of St. Nazaire. Shot down over the sea.
Sgt (pil.) Ludwik Werschner - KIA P/O (nav.) Stanisław Lubojemski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Szlank - KIA Sgt (wed.) Alfred Psuja - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Gross - KIA
06./07.12.
Wellington Z1278 SM-F
a Raid on Mannheim. Shot down flakem over France, crash landed on the sea. The rest of the crew was rescued.
Sgt (pil.) Wacław Moszczyński F/O (nav.) Napoleon Lewicki Sgt (rtg.) Roman Najda - KIA Sgt (wed.) Władysław Siudak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Cipirski
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources http://polishairforce.pl/ http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ http://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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The main tasks of the squadron were to continue air strikes mainly in the ruhr region and minování the coast and ports. 03.08. she graduated from their last raid in the context of Bomber Command and launched the reorganization of the squadron of tactical bombers. 05.09 became part of 2 TAF and began with retraining on the aircraft Mitchell Mk. II. A four-person crew nacvičovaly mainly flying in tight formations for the day of the bombing. 05.11. take the first operating years, but already 19.11. is shifted to the base Lasham and přezbrojila on the aircraft Mosquito FB Mk.VI, has become a unit of fighter bombers and a two-person crew nacvičovaly day and night flights in ground-level heights.
losses/losses
date:
machine
cause
crew
12./13.01.
Wellington IV Z1272 SM-N
Minování the coast in the vicinity of Brest. On return crashed in the Uk.
P/O Kazimierz Krawczyk - KIA P/O Andrzej Płusa - KIA Sgt Karol Dutkiewicz - KIA Sgt John Laskowski - KIA Sgt Stanislaw Dorosz - KIA
14./15.01.
Wellington IV Z1378
Onboard the shooter was hurt anti-aircraft fire. After landing in the the departure from the aircraft was hit by the spinning the propeller of his machine.
Sgt Henryk Kwiatkowski P/O Roman Klisz Sgt Franciszek Dembek Sgt Józef Burchard Sgt Józef Molenda - KIA
29./30.01.
Wellington IV Z1415 SM-N
Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port Lorient. Probably shot down the night tank above sea level.
(F/O Adam Pankiewicz - KIA P/O Tolimir Kozłowski - KIA Sgt Edmund Malinowski - KIA Sgt Tadeusz Główczyński - KIA Sgt Wiktor Sroka - KIA
03./04.02.
Wellington IV Z1392 SM-ON
a Raid on Hamburg. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands.
Sgt Mieczysław Seredyn - POW F/O Edward Lesisz - KIA F/Sgt Alfonz Kowalski - KIA Sgt Henry Gzell - KIA Sgt Bernard Kozłowski - KIA
25.05.
Wellington X HF492 SM-M
Crash on test flight of the machine. On board to perish also a member of the ground staff Cpl Jan Berdecha.
Sgt Bronisław Baster - KAS P/O Władysław Koczapski - KAS Sgt Adam Niźnik - KAS Sgt Edward Miksza - KAS Sgt Kazimierz Białobrzeski - KAS
21/22.06.
Wellington X HE347 SM-F
a Raid on Krefeld. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium.
Sgt Stanisław Szpaliński - KIA P/O Stanislaw Gąsecki - escaped captivity Sgt Antoni Fried - POW Sgt Roman Raczkowski - POW Sgt Leopold Makarski - KIA
02/03.08.
Wellington X HZ467 SM-C
a Raid on Hamburg. Shot down by a night tank over Germany.
(F/Sgt Stefan Grześkowiak - KIA F/O Marian Runiewicz - KIA Sgt Paweł Beeger - KIA Sgt Władysław Paluszkiewicz - KIA Sgt Staniskaw Rutowski - KIA
14.11.
Mitchell II FV941 SM-D
Crash during a training flight.
(F/Sgt Henryk Anglik - KAS F/O Walery Fuchs - KAS F/Sgt Marian Andruszkow - KAS Sgt Jan Twardowski - KAS
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery The crew is listed in the order of pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista and shooters (machine Welligton to February), the pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - bombometčík - shooter (machines Wellington from February ) and a pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - gunner (machine Mitchel).
resources http://polishairforce.pl/ http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ http://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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25.01. squadron has taken its first operating years in the report 138. wing of the RAF. From may began to fly almost exclusively at night. Due to losses and lack of backups was supplemented by british airmen and a squadron of B has become the british under the command of S/L M. Herricka. In August has taken two major events - the destruction of the school of German saboteurs near Le Mans and the attack on the tanks of gasoline to the north of Nancy, and from September to November they attacked the islands in the region of Antwerp is occupied by Germans, that blocked the port.
losses/losses
date:
machine
cause
crew
at 28.01.
Mosquito FB VI HX908
Training flight. Crash during emergency landing.
Sgt Mieczysław Illg - KAS P/O Jan Wąsikowski - injured
22.02.
Mosquito FB VI LR289
Crash during a practice flight.
Sgt Stefan Szarek - KAS Sgt Edmund Ostrowski - KAS
28./29.03.
Mosquito FB VI HR276 SM S
Combat years. Shot down flakem above sea level
(F/O Bolesław Sochacki - KIA F/Lt Józef Eckhardt - KIA
22./23.04
Mosquito FB VI LR313 SM-B
Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. The crew escaped captivity and returned to Britain.
W/O Tadeusz Ciula F/O Jan Rosiński
27./28.04.
Mosquito FB VI LR329
Accident during a night training flight.
(F/O John E. Mathias - KAS F/Lt Thomas W. Irvin - KAS
30.04./01.05.
Mosquito FB VI MM409 SM-T
Combat years. Missing.
(F/O Raymond L. Archer - KIA F/O Arthur M. McEvan - KIA
24.05.
Mosquito FB VI HX909
Crash during a training flight.
(F/Lt William G. Hole - KAS Sgt Edward T. West - KAS
24./25.05
Mosquito FB VI NT145 SM-Z
Combat years. Shot down flakem over France.
(F/O Michał Latawiec - KIA P/O Stanislaw Wątor - KIA
24./25.05.
Mosquito FB VI NS901 SM-
Damaged in combat flight years. Crash during landing.
(F/Lt Henry Kołacz - KIA Sgt Franciszek Kruszyński - KIA
07./08.06.
Mosquito FB VI LR275 SM-R
Combat years. Shot down flakem over France.
W/O Wilhelm Cesarz - KIA F/O Ludwik Jaksztas - KIA
12./13.06.
Mosquito FB VI HR134 SM-Z
Combat years. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level.
(F/O Juliusz Bilau - KIA F/O Józef Kocoń - KIA
16.06.
Mosquito FB VI NS913 SM-T
Daily combat years. Shot down by the tank over Denmark.
S/Ldr Michael J. Herrick - KIA F/O Ryszard Turski - KIA
10./11.07.
Mosquito FB VI LR300 SM-N
Combat years. Shot down flakem over France.
(F/Lt Kazimierz Przyłuski - KIA S/Ldr Aleksander Łukiński - KIA
10./11.07.
Mosquito FB VI NS873 SM S
Combat years. Shot down flakem over France.
(F/Lt Edward Suszyński - KIA S/Ldr Julian Łagowski - escaped captivity
15./16.08.
Mosquito FB VI LR261 SM-G
Combat years. Crash on startup.
(F/O Zygmunt Jasiński - KIA P/O Jan Trznadel - KIA
24.09.
Mosquito FB VI LR262 SM-Q
Training flight. Collision in air with another machine 305. squadron.
(F/Sgt Basil J. Hogg - KAS Sgt Alan J. Tucknott - KAS
24.09.
Mosquito FB VI PZ302
Training flight. Collision in air with another machine 305. squadron. Died also kaplan squadron T. Samulski, seated in the place of the navigator.
(F/Lt Antoni Widawski - KAS
05.10.
Mosquito FB VI NT226
Crash during a training flight.
W/O Marian Kita - KAS F/O Leon Piekarski - KAS
06./07.11.
Mosquito FB VI PZ238 SM-D
Combat years. Shot down flakem over the Netherlands.
(F/O Zygmunt Mochnacki - KIA P/O Zenon Szwarnowiecki - KIA
08./09.11.
Mosquito FB VI HR422 SM-H
Combat years. Shot down.
(F/Lt James And. Currie - KIA F/O John To. Smith - KIA
25./26.11.
Mosquito FB VI PZ333 SM-G
Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany.
Sgt Zygmunt Chwalibóg - KIA Sgt Zenon Parzych - KIA
25./26.11.
Mosquito FB VI PZ278 SM S
Combat years. Shot down over Germany.
(F/Lt George W. Moseley - KIA F/Sgt Kingsley. Nugent - KIA
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - navigator
resources http://polishairforce.pl/ http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ http://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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1945 - 1947
After the new years attack the German aircraft at its airport (no major damage) the squadron embarked in spite of the bad weather to support allied units in the ruhr region. 22.02. participated in operation "Clarion", in which 7000 allied aircraft útočilo on communication throughout the territory of Germany. The last action taken in the night from 25. 26. April in the area of Westerland. After the end of the fighting the squadron became part of the british occupation forces in Germany. In addition to training, the crew meet and courier tasks, inter alia, could the documents related to the nuremberg process. At the beginning of October 1946, the unit moved back to Britain, where she was 6. January of the following year disbanded.
losses/losses
date:
machine
cause
crew
22.02.1945
Mosquito FB VI PZ380 SM-J
Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany.
W/O Ellis Smith - KIA F/Sgt Allan M. Robertson - POW
25./26.02.1945
Mosquito FB VI PZ374 SM-H
Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany.
(F/O Tadeusz Lech - KIA P/O Henryk Kaczan - KIA
26./27.02.1945
Mosquito FB VI PZ371 SM S
Combat years. Shot down
P/O Leurence P. Etheridge - KIA F/Sgt Alexander J. Joyce - KIA
05./06.04.1945
Mosquito FB VI PR191 SM-T
Combat years. Missing.
(F/O Gareth And. Baker - KIA Sgt George E. Arthur - KIA
06./07.04.1945
Mosquito FB VI SZ998 SM-J
Combat years. Missing.
S/Ldr Philip H. Hanbury - KIA F/Lt Jack P. Hart - KIA
08./09.04.1945
Mosquito FB VI NT187 SM-IN
Combat years. Accidentally shot down by american the nightlife of the tank. Already after a few days they were liberated by the advancing american army and returned to the unit.
W/O Reginald Everson - POW Sgt Riley Rudd - POW
15.10.1946
Mosquito FB VI NS999 SM-Q
Crash during a training flight.
W/O John Baryga - KAS Sgt Rubin Lifszyc - KAS
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - the navigator (unless specified otherwise).
resources http://polishairforce.pl/ http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/ http://lostbombers.co.uk/ Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 .
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The staff of one of the squadrons, 305. squadrons at the base of the Lindholme - summer 1942..
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