Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

[Jan.Safarik]

Dear mattm1970,
thank you very much for information. I know the source you mentioned. I managed, with help of other sources, to find following list of commanders of both flights of 316 squadron:

Flight A

25. 3. 1941 - 5. 7. 1941 F/Lt Barański Wieńczysław
5. 7. 1941 - F/O Gabszewicz Aleksander
- 8. 11. 1941 F/O Sawicz Tadeusz

- 4. 10. 1942 F/Lt Nartowicz Roman
4. 10. 1942 - F/Lt Kozłowski Franciszek

Flight B

25. 3. 1941 - 10. 8. 1941 F/Lt Waclaw Wilczewski
10. 8. 1941 - 8. 11. 1941 F/O Gabszewicz Aleksander
8. 11. 1941 - F/O Klawe Włodzimierz

1. 3. 1942 - 29. 4. 1942 F/Lt Skalski Stanisław
1. 12. 1942 - 12. 12. 1942 F/O Dec Jozef W.
12. 12. 1942 - F/Lt Karwowski Włodzimierz

- 25. 5. 1945 F/Lt Walawski Janusz 25. 5. 1945 - F/Lt Karnkowski Tadeusz

Squadron

22. 02. 1941 – 09. 08. 1941 S/Ldr Juliusz Frey
10. 08. 1941 – 13. 11. 1941 S/Ldr Wacław Wilczewski
14. 11. 1941 – 05. 06. 1942 S/Ldr Aleksander Gabszewicz
06. 06. 1942 – 31. 12. 1942 S/Ldr Janusz Żurakowski
01. 01. 1943 – 14. 09. 1943 S/Ldr Marian Trzebiński
15. 09. 1943 – 25. 06. 1944 S/Ldr Paweł Niemiec
26. 06. 1944 – 05. 09. 1944 S/Ldr Bohdan Arct
06. 09. 1944 – 02. 07. 1945 S/Ldr Zygmunt Drybański
03. 07. 1945 – 11. 10. 1945 S/Ldr Michał Cwynar
12. 10. 1945 – EOW S/Ldr Paweł Niemiec


But the list is not complete, some dates may not be correct. I would be really glad if someone could help me to put COMPLETE list of ALL flight commanders together.

JAN