Flight Commanders of 316 Polish Fighter Squadron

[Jan.Safarik]

Dear friend, I have a request on you. I look for complete list of two flights of No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron commanders. I was able to find the following:

Flight A
25. 03. 1941 – 05. 07. 1941 F/Lt Barański Wieńczysław
05. 07. 1941 – F/O Gabszewicz Aleksander
– 08. 11. 1941 F/O Sawicz Tadeusz

– 04. 10. 1942 F/Lt Nartowicz Roman
04. 10. 1942 – F/Lt Kozłowski Franciszek

Flight B
25. 03. 1941 – 10. 08. 1941 F/Lt Waclaw Wilczewski
10. 08. 1941 – 08. 11. 1941 F/O Gabszewicz Aleksander
08. 11. 1941 – F/O Klawe Włodzimierz

01. 03. 1942 – 29. 04. 1942 F/Lt Skalski Stanisław
01. 12. 1942 – 12. 12. 1942 F/O Dec Jozef W.
12. 12. 1942 – F/Lt Karwowski Włodzimierz

– 25. 05. 1945 F/Lt Walawski Janusz
25. 05. 1945 – F/Lt Karnkowski Tadeusz


Don't you have more information about other commanders of both squadrons?
Thank you very much in advance.
JAN

[VoyTech]

Below is what I think is the complete list of flight commanders in 316 Squadron († denotes those killed while holding the post).

May I ask why you are interested in them?



A Flight

Wieńczysław Barański
forming-41.07.19

Aleksander Gabszewicz
41.07.19-41.11.14

Tadeusz Sawicz
41.11.14-42.06.04

Roman Nartowicz
42.06.04-42.10.04

Franciszek Kozłowski
42.10.04-43.03.13†

Władysław Gnyś
43.03.15-43.08.11

Józef Jeka
43.08.11-43.12.18

Longin Majewski
43.12.18-44.09.22

Antoni Cholajda
44.09.22-45.04.05

Tadeusz Kwiatkowski
45.04.05-disbandment



B Flight

Wacław Wilczewski
forming-41.08.10

Tadeusz Nowierski
41.08.10-42.01.12

Zbigniew Nosowicz
42.01.12-42.02.10 (illness)

Stanisław Skalski
42.03.01-42.05.04

Marian Szalewicz
42.05.04-42.05.18

Wacław Król
42.05.30-42.12.01

Włodzimierz Karwowski
42.12.01-43.03.15

Stefan Stegman
43.03.15-43.06.17†

Bolesław Kaczmarek
43.06.17-44.03.12

Stanisław Marcisz
44.03.23 (13?)-44.11.03

Maciej Kirste
44.11.03-44.12.30

Marian Wędzik
44.12.30-45.04.05

Janusz Walawski
45.04.05-45.05.21†

Tadeusz Karnkowski
45.05.25-45.09.17

Konrad Stembrowicz
45.09.17-disbandment