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Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

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I look for a list of commanders of both flights (A and B) of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron including the time when they commanded them. Could some of you help me please? I can' t find it in any of materials I have.

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Re: Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

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Re: Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

Mar 25 1941. With the complement of 23 pilots, squadron became operational and commenced patrol duty.
S/Ldr Juliusz Frey was the squadron’s CO, having S/Ldr Donovan as a British advusor; Flight A was commanded by F/Lt Wienczyslaw Baranski with pilots: F/O Bronislaw Mickiewicz, F/O Tadeusz Nowierski, P/O Dariusz Gozdecki, P/O Franciszek Kozlowski, P/O Boleslaw Rychlicki, P/O Stefan Stegman, P/O Stanislaw Szmejl, Cpl Tadeusz Dobrucki, Cpl Eugeniusz Gottowt, Cpl Wladyslaw Mudry; Flight B commanded F/Lt Waclaw Wilczewski with pilots: F/O Aleksander Gabszewicz, F/O Tadeusz Sawicz, P/O Bohdan Anders, P/O Bernard Buchwald, P/O Roman Nartowicz, P/O Zbigniew Nosowicz, Sgt Wladyslaw Kiedrzynski, Sgt Jerzy Szymankiewicz, Sgt Romuald Gadus, Sgt Pawel Gallus, Sgt Karol Sumara. F/Lt Bernard Krupa became squadron’s adjutant with F/O Wladyslaw Przymenski acting as its technical officer. P/O Boleslaw Pietocha was the unit’s doctor.


July 5 1941 F/O Gabszewicz took command of the Flight "A".

Aug 10 1941. S/Ldr Frey was rested in Exeter, and F/Lt Wilczewski took over the unit’s command, being replaced by F/O Gabszewicz as a Flight B commander

Nov 8 1941 F/Lt Gabszewicz took over the command. F/O Sawicz and F/O Klawe became commanders of Flight A and B respectively.



Dec 15 1941. The 316 Squadron flying personnel:
Commander: S/Ldr Gabszewicz; Flight A: F/Lt Sawicz (CO), F/Lt Kozlowski, F/Lt Nowierski, F/O Gorski, F/O Muszel, F/O Lagunski, F/O T.Szymankiewicz, P/O Dobrucki, P/O Gottowt, P/O Kowalski, P/O Maliszewski, F/Sgt Samofal, F/Sgt Bubes, F/Sgt Kopa, F/Sgt Musial and F/Sgt Wisniewski. Flight B: F/Lt Klawe, F/O Nartowicz, F/O Buchwald, F/O Dec, F/O Nosowicz, F/O Rychlicki, F/O Szalewicz, P/O Piotrowski, P/O J.Szymankiewicz, P/O Wyszkowski, F/Sgt Cholajda, F/Sgt Jaworowski, Sgt Kiedrzynski, Sgt Gawlewicz, Sgt Gora and Sgt Sumara

Jun 5 1942 S/Ldr J. Zurakowski posted to take over the command.


Sep 14 1942 S/Ldr Niemiec became the squadron’s new commander.
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered..._June1942.html

Dec 31. S/Ldr M. Trzebinski took over the command.
June 26 1943 S/Ldr Arct took command of 316 Squadron, replacing S/Ldr Niemiec.
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Re: Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

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.

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