Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Dear Peter,
Thank you very much for this additional information.

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Hi all,
Just for clarification sake.
Janicki flew two operational sorties with 32 squadron during the period required to qualify for the BoB clasp.
His first was with blue section on October 16th 1940 flying V6724.
His second was on October 29th flying with red section in P3936.
Regards
Gerry

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Gerry, thanks for the clarification.

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

The service number of Zbigniew JANICKI was 76697 RAFVR, not P-76694. Janicki was commissioned in the RAFVR in January, 1940 (RAF Service Numbers 72000-89999 - RAFVR, 1937- January 1941).

Col.

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Well that's interesting Col. Bruggy because I was quoting his service number as logged with the 8th USAAF, and here are a couple of pages from his MACR. Are you saying that these primary source documents are incorrect?
Peter

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Peter,
The MACR is wrong. Polish Air Force officers who served in the RAF received a four digit number, starting with a P. Thus Eugeniusz Horbaczewski is P0273. Poles who actually joined the RAF received a five digit number, and thus Janicki is 76694 or 76697 if Col is correct. I have no way of checking which is correct, or why the wrong one is associated with Janicki.

Enjoy!

Frank.

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Thanks Frank. Certainly strange because I would have thought that Janicki would have given his service number when joining the 56th or it would have been with any transfer forms. Certainly, Lanny's P-0711 on the MACR follows what you say.
Peter

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Hello,

Here are (RAF) Volunteer Reservists in Janicki's batch:

76689 P/O Tadeusz BLACH +
76690 F/L Marian Stefan CHLEMECKI
76691 F/L Tadeusz Pawel CHLOPIK +
76692 F/O Franciszek CZAJOWSKI +
76693 P/O Stanislaw CZTERNASTEK +
76694 F/O Dominik FENGLER +
76695 F/L Mieczyslaw Stanislaw GORZULA
76696 F/L Franciszek JAKUSZ-GOSTOMSKI +
76697 F/L Zbigniew JANICKI +
76698 F/L Tadeusz Wilhelm KAWALECKI
76699 P/O Bronislaw KROMPIEWSKI +
76700 F/L Tadeusz Leon KUMIEGA
76701 F/L Edmund Andrzej LADRO
76702 S/L Stanislaw LAPKA
76703 F/O Zbigniew NOSOWICZ
76704 F/O Tadeusz NOWAK +
76705 F/O Antoni OSTOWICZ +
76706 P/O Edward Roman PILCH +
76707 S/L Karol PNIAK
76708 F/L Gustaw (Marian?) RADWANSKI
76709 P/O Wlodzimierz Michal SAMOLINSKI +
76710 W/C Stanislaw SKALSKI
76711 F/L Stefan STEGMAN +
76712 P/O Tadeusz Romuald STROYNOWSKI +
76713 F/O Franciszek SURMA +
76714 P/O Pawel ZENKER +
76715 S/L Janusz ZURAKOWSKI

+ indicates killed during WW2

You will notice 76694 is Dominik FENGLER.

Col.

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Looks like the USAAF got it wrong from the outset then. Here's part of 56th FG Special Order # 65 dated 14th May 1944.
Peter

Re: Zbigniew Janicki
 

Hello,

RUTKOWSKI (P-0692)and LANOWSKI (P-0711)stayed with the PAF and retained their original Polish numbers, JANICKI transferred to The RAF and received an RAF Officer's number, ie 76697.

Col.