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Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille

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The 123rd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 123. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.

History

In September 1939 the 123rd Fighter Escadrille was part of the Pursuit Brigade. Some reports say that the 123rd Escadrille was a Kraków Army "Eskadra" (Flight) attached to the Brygada Poscigowa for the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Its 120 series Flight number indicates that claim. Reference: "Ciel de Gloire" website.

Crew and equipment

On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.7a airplanes.

The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Leonard Olszewski his deputy ppor. pil. Erwin Kawnik and 11 other pilots:

  1. ppor. Stanisław Chałupa
  2. ppor. Jerzy Czerniak
  3. ppor. Feliks Szyszka
  4. pchor. Władysław Bożek
  5. pchor. Stanisław Czternastek
  6. pchor. Antoni Danek
  7. pchor. Tadeusz Kratke
  8. kpr. Henryk Flame
  9. kpr. Stanisław Widlarz
  10. st. szer. Eugeniusz Nowakiewicz
  11. st. szer. Stanisław Zięba

See also

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