Tadeusz Arentowicz

Tadeusz Arentowicz
Tadeusz Arentowicz
Born	15 September 1909; Sierpc, Russian Empire
Died	8 July 1941 (aged 26); Somewhere off of Dunkirk.
Allegiance	Poland; United Kingdom
Service/branch	Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force;
Years of service	1933–1941
Rank	Flight lieutenant
Service number	P-0251
Unit	Aviation Training Center No. 1; No. 65 Squadron RAF; 303 Squadron;
Commands held	303 Squadron (1941)
Battles/wars	World War II;
Awards	Aviator badge; Polish Cross of Valour;

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Tadeusz Arentowicz was born in Spierc in 1909. He was Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force in the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron.

Biography

Tadeusz Arentowicz was a graduate of the Polish Air Force University in Deblin (VII Promotion^[1]). On the fifteenth of August 1933 he was given the rank of second lieutenant in the Polish Air Force and was assigned to the 1st Air Regiment stationed in Warsaw. He would finish his training in Grudziądz. He would become an instructor at the Ułęż airport near Deblin on March 1939.

He participated in the September Campaign as a member of the Deblin Group. He had evacuated to Romania from the Wielick airport with other pilots. He would then wait to be picked up by the English at Port of Constanța. The English transports had never arrived to pick him and the others up. He would then manage to make his to France and proceed to make to England.

He would receive the his service number of P-0251 in 1941. After he was trained to use British equipment he would be assigned to the 303rd Polish Fighter Squadron. He would fulfill the duties of squadron leader after the death of Zdzisław Henneberg and would come to be the command of the whole squadron on July 3rd 1941. On July 8th 1941, he flew the Supermarine Spitfire (designation P 8502) on mission to escort bombers to destroy the railway line and station in Lille. He was shot down by enemy attackers and fell into the sea (the other pilots saw him fall into the sea somewhere near Dunkirk). They would order a search for him; the searches could not find him.