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Listed alphabetically, are pilots who flew at least
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P782794 W/O ADAMIAK Jan In 315 from Jan 1941 till Jun 1944. KIA. CV+2bars. No score. Shot down by a fighter while flying Mustang (FZ157), near Saint Croix Beaux, NE of Dreux. Buried in Dreux. |
P0374 S/Ldr ANDERSZ Tadeusz In 315 from Jun 1941 till Nov 1943, then squadron's Commanding Officer from Aug 1944 till April 1945, DFC, VM, DFC (American), CV+2bars. Score: 2-1-0. Flew in French campaign with the flight defending Rennes. Also, in March 1944 flew P-47s with 61FS/56FG - USAAF, after the war commanded 306 Squadron. After the war settled in England. |
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P794457 W/O BARGIELOWSKI Jakub In 315 from Jan 1944 till Apr 1945. DFM, VM, CV+bar. Score: 5-0-3. Also with 303. In September 1939, he was captured by invading Russian soldiers and sent to Siberia where he was forced to work in a stone quarry for 8 month. The next 14 month he spent in a gulag. He suffered from many diseases, including temporary blindness. After Germans invaded Russia, via Moscow, he arrived in Scotland on November 13, 1941. In 1948 he emigrated to Australia, becoming a jewelry dealer. |
P781408 F/Sgt BEDKOWSKI Stanislaw CV In 315 from Oct 1942 till Sep 1944. No score. |
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P794401W/O BERKA Tadeusz CV In 315 from Feb 1944 till Apr 1945. Score: 1-0-0. |
P2143 F/Lt BIBROWICZ Henryk In 315 from Aug 1944 till Aug 1945. CV+bar. Score: 1 + 1 shared destroyed. He flew with 132 Eskadra during the Polish campaign, scoring his both kills. Later taken prisoner by the Soviet Army. In May 1942 he reached England and from February 1943 served in various training units. |
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P1681 F/Lt BLOK Stanislaw In 315 from Jun 1941 till EOW (with three different postings meantime). DFC, VM, CV+3bars. 5-1-3. In early 1942 he was posted to 164 squadron, on the extreme north of the British Isles, for disciplinary reasons. He beat up husband of a woman his friend was dating. In 1943, flying mission over France, he had a horrifying experience. His a/c got severely damaged and he tried to bale out. The canopy would open and he was forced to fly his kite back to England and emergency land. After the war he settled in England. |
P2725 F/O BOROWCZYK Jan In 315 from Nov 1944 till EOW. No score. After the war settled in Canada. |
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P2304 F/O BRYGIDER Roman In 315 in Apr 1944. KAS. No score. Killed while training on Mustang III (FX895). Crashed 2 miles South-East of Coolham, Sussex. Buried in the Northwood Cemetery, tomb H406. |
P2198 F/O CALINSKI Stanislaw In 315 from Aug 1942 till May 1944 (three postings). KIA. No score. Shot down near Verbrie, France, flying Mustang III, FB179. Buried in the Creil (Oise) Cemetery, tomb Z346. |
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P703899 W/O CEMPEL Miroslaw In 315 from Aug 1944 till EOW. CV+bar. Score: 1-0-0. Worth noticing is that while flying Mustang III, he never had a single malfunction in this a/c. Most vividly he remembered a training dog fight during which, his good friend F/Sgt Richter (HB882) was killed. Flying on deck Richter suddenly inverted and crashed at full speed. His a/c buried itself completely in the moist ground. After the war Miroslaw Cempel spent five years in RAF and another five in RCAF, where he was commissioned as a F/Lt. Settled in Canada where he currently resides in Montreal. |
P783023 W/O CHUDEK Aleksander In 315 from Aug 1941 till Mar 1944 (three postings). KIA. DFM, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 9-1-1. Killed in action over the channel on June 23, 1944, while flying (Spitfire AB271) with 302 Squadron. His body was never recovered. |
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P794407 W/O CIUNDZIEWICKI Antoni In 315 Squadron from Jan 1944 till Nov 1944. KIA. CV+2bars. No score. He was shot down near the Norwegian coast while attacking a German flak ship, at which he made three passes. According to some relations he was rescued by Germans and later died in a hospital. Officially he was lost in the sea. This picture was taken at Grangemouth, 58 OTU, where he served as an instructor before being posted to 315th. |
P1902 S/Ldr CWYNAR Michal In 315 from Apr 1941 till May 1943 and from Nov 1943 till Sep 1944*. VM, CV+3 bars, DFC. 5 1/2-1-0. He also flew with 113 Eskadra in Sep 1939 and GC III/10 in France campaign in 1940. Soon after the war he took command of 316 Squadron. After PAF was disbanded, he joined RAF where he remained till Sep 1948. Michal Cwynar was an accomplished guitar player. His brother was a bomber pilot and a commander of 300 Squadron. He settled in Scotland and became successful entrepreneur. *He briefly joined the squadron (for 5 weeks) in May 1945 right after the hostilities ended. |
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 P0318 P/O CZACHOWSKI Jozef CV. In 315 from Jan 1941till Jul 1941. No score. |
P1014 S/Ldr CZAYKOWSKI Zbigniew In 315 from Jan 1941 till Apr 1942. BoB (151). VM, CV+bar. Score 2-2-0. |
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P1283 F/O CZERNIAK Jerzy In 315th from Jan 1941 till Aug 1941. CV, KIA. Score: 3 + 1 shared destroyed. Graduated as an officer from the 11th Class of SPL in Deblin, he took part in Polish campaign flying with the Pursuit Brigade of 123 Eskadra. In France he was assigned to no. 1/145 Varsovie squadron. In England, initially with No. 302 Squadron, then with 315. Killed (Spitfire MkII, P8506) during "Sweep" over France shot down over the channel on August 9th, 1941. |
P2232 F/O CZERWINSKI Andrzej In 315th from May 1944 till Dec 1944. CV+bar, CM with Swords, KIA. Score: 4-0-0. In England initially with No. 308 squadron. He was shot down and killed (Mustang III, HR875) by a German fighter during an escort mission to Norway. Flew 39 combat missions. |
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P792271 W/O CZERWINSKI Boleslaw In 315 from Sep 1943 till Apr 1945. Score: 1-0-1. After the war settled in Great Britain. |
P2791 F/O CZEZOWSKI Jacek In 315 from Sep 1941 till Mar 1942. CV+3bars. Score: 2-1-2. |
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P784742 W/O DERMA Jozef In 315 from 23 Oct 1943 till 23 May 1944. CV+bar. No score. Flew with the 2 Air Regiment of the Polish Air Force in September 1939. Through Rumania and Malta he reached France where he enlisted in the PAF under French command. In July 1940 reached England and on 1 October 1940 posted to No. 308 Squadron. In 1942 flew with 112 "Tiger" Squadron in Africa. Later an instructor in various flying schools and OTUs. After being honorably discharged from the Polish Resettlement Corps in June 1948, settled in England. In sixties he immigrated to Australia, where he died in July 1980. |
P781327 W/O DRAZEK Stanislaw Joined the squadron in April 1946. After the war settled in England. |
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 P792351 F/Sgt DONOCIK Jozef KIA. CV. In 315 from Aug 1944 till Feb 1945. No score. |
P0213 F/Lt DRECKI Wladyslaw In 315 from Dec 1942 till Feb 1943. KAS. VM. CV+3bars. Score: 4-0-1. He flew with 111 Eskadra during Polish campaign. In England with 317, 303, 306 and 315. Later he joined the Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus) in Africa. Killed in flying accident (Spitfire Vc, UM-U, ES112) while serving on 152 Squadron in Italy. Buried at the British Military Cemetery in Catania, Sicily. |
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P/O DROZDOWSKI Jerzy In 315 from Oct 1944 till EOW. No score. |
P0382 F/Lt DRYBANSKI Zygmunt In 315 from Apr 1941 till Feb 1943 (two postings) |
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P1715 F/O DUBIELECKI Ryszard In 315 from Dec 1942 till Dec 1943 (two postings). Score: 1-0-2. |
P704869 F/Sgt DZIEWULSKI Tadeusz In 315 from Jan 1945 till EOW. CV. No score. After the war settled in Great Britain. |
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P0493 W/Cdr FALKOWSKI Jan In 315 from Jul 1941 till Jun 1942. BoB(32) POW, DFC, VM, CV+2bars. Score: 9-1-0. Flew in French campaign with the flight defending Cognac. Also, 303's commanding officer (1943). Shot down over Holland on March 9th, 1945. After the war settled in Canada. |
P0328 P/O FIEDORCZUK Eugeniusz In 315 from Jan 1941 till Aug 1942. KAS. CV+bar. Score: 0-1-1. Killed on August 15th, 1942, in a low flying accident (Spitfire BL751) near Woodvale. He flew 52 operational flights and missions. Buried in Formby, Lancaster, tomb 1-17a, next to Sgt Nawrocki. |
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 P780038 Sgt FLEGIER Henryk KAS. CV. In 315 from Aug 1943 till Oct 1943. No score. |
P/O FURMAN Wieslaw In 315 from Mar 1945 till EOW. No score. |
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Sgt GACZOL Wlodzimierz In 315 from May 1942 till Jul 1943. |
P76765 F/Lt GIL Jozef In 315 from 13 Apr 1941 till 13 June 1942. BoB. KIA. VM, CV+2bars. Score: 2-2-2. Took part in the Battle of Britain flying with 229 Squadron. Later with 43 Squadron. In June 1942 took over command of one of the flights in 306 Squadron. On 31 December 1942 he was leading this unit in a fighter sweep over France when he was shot down by FW190. Believed to be perished in the Channel. |
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P1527 S/Ldr GLOWACKI Antoni BoB(501) DFC, DFM, VM, CV+3bars. In 315 in July 1943. Score: 8 1/3-3-4. Flew during the Polish Campaign piloting PZL-24 "Karas" bombers. On 15 Aug 1940 credited with 5 German planes shot down. Also with 303, 308 and 309 squadrons. Served as an instructor in various units. After the war settled in New Zealand, where he worked for the Governments Department of Civil Aviation. Died in Wellington in May 1980. |
P782063 W/O GRONDOWSKI Stanislaw KAS. In 315 from Feb 1943 till Sep 1943 (two postings). No score. |
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P76695 F/Lt GORZULA Mieczyslaw In 315 from Nov 1943 till May 1945. Score: 1-0-0. After the war settled in Australia. |
P794907 Sgt GOZDZIELEWSKI Jan In 315 from Nov 1943 till May 1944. |
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P0544 F/Lt GROSZEWSKI Bernard In 315 from Jan 1941 till Dec 1941. KIA. CV. No score. In Polish campaign, September 1939, CO of 162 Eskadra, Lwow (PZL-7). 307, 303. Shot down over the channel in a dog fight (Spitfire Vb / BL323), on December 8th, 1941. Floated in dinghy for few hours, never to be picked-up. His body was washed ashore. Buried in Boulogne-sur-Mer Cemetery, tomb 289. |
P0645 F/O GRUDZINSKI Wladyslaw In 315 from Jan 1941 till Nov 1941. KIA. CV+bar. Score: 2-0-0. Shot down on November 23rd, 1941. |
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 P783661 Sgt GRUSZCZYNSKI Zygmunt CV. In 315 from Sep 1941 till May 1942. Score: 0-1-0. |
 P1037 F/O GRZECH Jan KIA. CV. May 1941- Nov 1941. No score. |
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P2311 F/Lt HACZKIEWICZ Tadeusz CV+bar. In 315 from Jun 1944 till EOW. Score: 1-0-0. |
P0273 HORBACZEWSKI Eugeniusz 315's Commanding Officer from Feb 16 1944 till Aug 18 1944, KIA. DFC+bar, DSO, VM(V and IV), CV+3bars. 16 1/2-1-1. He arrived in England on June 22, 1940, and in August joined 303 Squadron. Reportedly, he didn\rquote t get along with S/Ldr Zumbach and was posted to 302 squadron in September 1942. Officially, the reason was a Spitfire written off. Unofficially it was a woman. Member of the Polish Fighting Team attached to 145 Squadron in Africa. He also flew with 601 and 43 Squadrons. He became a CO of the latter. Buried in Creil, France, Communal Cemetery, military section, grave # Z.379v |
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P0530 P/O HOJDEN Tadeusz In 315 from January till March of 1941. KAS. CV. No score. He took part in the French campaign assigned to the flight defending Rennes. Also with 308. He was killed while patrolling (PK-V) over the sea near Preston. His body was never recovered. |
P784079 W/O IDRIAN Ryszard In 315 from Jun 1943 till Mar 1945. Score: 2-0-0. |
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F/Sgt JANKIEWICZ Marek In 315 from Jan 1945 till E.O.W. No score. |
P780386 W/O JANKOWSKI Tadeusz In 315 from Jan 1942 till Sep 1944 (two postings). KIA. CM (Silver with Swords), CV+2bars. Score: 2 1/3-0-1. On 20 September 1944 he was shot down flying Mustang III (FB367), some 3 KM east of Jutphaas in Holland. His a/c fell on a Dutch little boy. They were buried next to each other in Jutphaas cemetery, row 4, tombs 3 and 4. |
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P0700 W/Cdr JANUS Stefan 315's CO from Nov 9th, 1941 till May 6th, 1942. POW. VM, DSO, DFC, CV+2bars. Score: 6-0-1. Flew in French campaign. Also, in 308 Squadron. On Jan 26, 1943, while flying Spitfire IX, UZ-J (306), collided over the channel with W/O Jasinski. Both a/c went down. After the war settled in England. Deceased on November 11th, 1978. |
P1684 S/Ldr JAWORSKI Edward In 315 from Jun 1941 till Aug 1943. DFC, VM, CV+2bars. No score. Flew over 300 missions and operational flights. Returned to Poland in 1947 where he continued to fly, mostly in air medical service. |
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P/O JUDEK Aleksander In 315 from Jun 1944 till Oct 1944. No score. |
Sgt KANIA Jozef BoB(303) In 315 from Jan 1941 till Apr 194. No score. (originally Jan KANA, Czech) |
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P781699 KIJAK Kazimierz In 315 from Oct 1943 till Feb 1945. CV+bar. Score: 1-0-1. After the war, rejoined the RAF and served till 1964, later settled in Australia. |
P0971 F/Lt KIRSTE Maciej In 315 from Aug 1943 till Oct 1944. CM+Swords, CV+3bars. 2 1/3-0-2. After the war settled in Canada. For 36 years he worked as an engineer for Canadair in Montreal. |
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P1759 F/Lt KLIMAN Piotr CV In 315 from Feb 1944 till Nov 1946 (two postings). No score. |
P783150 Sgt KOLEK Wladyslaw KAS. In 315 from in Sep 1943. No score. |
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P1602 F/O KONDRACKI Lech In 315 from Jun 1942 till Sep 1942. KIA. ? No score. During Ramrod 191 on 9 Aug 1943 he collided with the a/c flown by P/O Maciejowski over France. Buried in Boulogne-sur-Mer Cemetery, section 37(10), row A, tomb 2(367). |
F/Sgt KEPCZYNSKI Antoni In 315 from Apr 1944 till Jun 1944. |
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P0695 S/Ldr KORNICKI Franciszek In 315 from Jan 1941 till Feb 1943. VM, CV+2bars. No score. From 1951 till 1972 he served in RAF, on many posting including Malta and Cypr. He settled in Great Britain, where he currently lives. |
 P783502 Sgt KOSMALSKI Grzegorz KIA. CV. In 315 in Nov 1941. No score. |
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F/Sgt KOSTUCH Tadeusz POW. In 315 from Jan 1945 till Feb 1945. No score. |
P1909 F/Lt KOWALSKI Jan In 315 from Jan 1941 till Dec 1942. CV+bar. Score: 1-0-1. |
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 P783252 KRIEGER Tadeusz Sgt KAS, CV+bar In 315 from Jan 1941 till Mar 1942. Score: 1-0-0. |
P1952 F/Lt KURYLLOWICZ Piotr CV+bar. In 315 from Jul 1942 till May 1943. No score. After the war became a dentist and settled in Ontario, Canada. |
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P2421 F/Lt LENARTOWICZ Jerzy In 315 from Jan 1945 till Nov 1945. |
 P76819 LEWANDOWSKI Piotr In 315 from Oct 1942 till May 1943. No score. |
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Sgt LIPIEC Kazimierz In 315 from Oct 1941 till Mar 1942. No score. |
 P1358 F/Lt LIPINSKI Maciej KIA. CV+bar. In 315 from Apr 1943 till May 1943. Score: 0-2-2. |
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P782547 W/O LIPINSKI Jan CV. In 315 from Dec 1941 till Mar 1943 (two postings). Score: 1/3-0-0. |
P733144 Sgt LOJEK Kazimierz KIA In 315 from Dec 1942 till Jan 1944. No score. |
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P2662 F/O LUBICZ-LISOWSKI Tadeusz KIA In 315 from Jul 1943 till Dec1944 (three postings). No score. |
P0160 P/O LUKASZEWICZ Marian In 315 from Jan 1941 till Nov 1941. KIA. CV+2 bars. Score: 1-0-0. Flew in Polish campaign with the 151 Eskadra and in France with 1/145 Squadron. Shot down on November 23rd, 1941, by AAA while flying Spitfire VB W3573. |
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P0519 F/Lt LUKASZEWICZ Stanislaw In 315 from December 1942 till April 1943. KIA. CV+2bars. Score: 2-1-1 He was killed during operation over France, when his a/c (Spfitfire IX, EN 124) was shot down by AAA. He also flew on 317 Squadron. Buried at St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen, tomb 23, row 4, sector I. |
P780892 F/Sgt LURZYNSKI Marian In 315 from May 1942 till Apr 1944(two postings). No score. |
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P1688 F/Lt MALCZEWSKI Eugeniusz In 315 from May 1941 till EOW (two postings). CV+2bars. Score: 1-1-0. |
P784477 Sgt MALEC Jerzy CV. In 315 from Jun 1942 till Oct 1943. Score: 0-0-1/2. |
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P0317 F/Lt MARCINIAK Janusz KIA. VM, CV+2bar. Flew during the Polish Campaign and recorded a shared downing a He111. In 315 from Sep 1943 till Jun 1944, when he was took over the command of No. 306 Squadron. previously with 303 Squadron. Score: 2-2-0. Shot down and killed over France on June 23, 1944. |
P0147 F/Lt MARCISZ Stanislaw In 315 from May 1943 till Oct 1943. CV+bar. No score. In Polish Campaign flew with 32 Eskadra, Army Lodz. In PAF on a British soil, flew 287 operational flights and missions. After the war settled in Poland. |
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F/Sgt MARSZYCKI Mieczyslaw In 315 from Jan 1946 till EOW.) No score. |
F/Sgt MASLONKA Jan In 315 from Jan 1945 till EOW. No score. |
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P793620 W/O MATUS Mieczyslaw In 315 from 1941 till 1943. DFC, VM, CV+2Bars. Score: 0-0-1. Flew in the Polish campaign. In 1942 rested as an instructor in 58 OTU Grangemouth. Also flew with 317 and 309 where he finished the war. Settled in England. |
P2666 P/O MICHALSKI Stefan In 315 from Dec 1944 till EOW. ?. No score. After the war settled in Canada. |
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P0338 F/Lt MICKIEWICZ Bronislaw POW, CV+bar In 315 from Apr 1941 till Sep 1941, when shot down over France. Score: 2-0-0. After the war settled in South Africa. |
P0286 S/Ldr MIKSA Wlodzimierz In 315 from Jan 1941 till Mar 1943. DFC, VM, CV+2bars. Score: 2 5/6-1-1 1/2. BoB (303). After the war settled in England. Deceased in August 1999 in London. |
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 F/Sgt MOCHOCKI Franciszek In 315 from Jan 1945 till EOW. No score. |
P705386 Sgt MYCZKOWSKI Zenon KAS. In 315 from Jun till July 1945. No score. |
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P1417 F/Lt NAJBICZ Michal In 315 from Nov 1941 till May 1943. CV+3bars. CM (Gold). No score. Read more. |
P784110 Sgt NAWROCKI Tadeusz In 315 from 27 Nov 1941 till 19 Jul 1942. KAS. No score. Previously in No 306 squadron. Killed on July 19th, 1942, in accident while testing Spitfire Vb, W3628, after its periodical maintenance. He crashed on the side of the mountain near Woodvale, in a heavy fog. Buried in Formby, Lancaster, sector GA, row 1, tomb 16. |
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P782860 Sgt NIEWIARA Andrzej In 315 from Apr 1941 till Aug 1941. KIA. CV. Score: 2-0-0. In Sep 1939 flew with 114 Eskadra being credited with 1.5 a/c destroyed. Shot down on Sep/9/39. In France flew with 1/145 Squadron. KIA over France on Aug 9, 1941, (Bf-109) while flying Spitfire IIb / P8696. Buried in Boulogne-sur-Mer Cemetery, section 11, row A, tomb 280(5). |
 P76704 F/O NOWAK Tadeusz BoB(253) KIA. VM, CV+3bars In 315 from Jan 1941till Sep 1941. Score: 4 1/2-1-1. |
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P2728 F/Lt NOWOSIELSKI Bozydar In 315 Jul 1943 till Feb 1945 . CV+bar. 1 1/2-0-0. After the war he became an entomologist and lived in Scotland, where he lectured at Dundee University. He then retired and moved to England. |
P1093 S/Ldr OLSZEWSKI Ignacy In 315 from Oct 1941 till Mar 1942 and from July 1942 till Jan 1943. VM, CV+2bars(?). Score: 1-0-0. In England also on 303, 603, 54, 164, 302 and 308 Sqns. After the war settled in Poland. Deceased in Nov 2004. |
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P792127 F/Sgt OSTROWSKI Tadeusz KIA. In 315 from Oct 1942 till Apr 1943. No score. |
P1730 F/O PANEK Przemyslaw KIA In 315 from Dec 1942 till Apr 1943. No score. Shot down over France (Ramrod 51) by the AAA. Buried at St. Sever cemetery in Rouen. section 1, row G, tomb 12. |
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P793334 Sgt PATEREK Edward BoB (302, 303) KAS. CV. In 315 from Jan 1941 till Mar 1941. No score. |
F/Sgt PERTKIEWICZ Tadeusz In 315 from from Mar 1945. No score. |
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P1238 W/Cdr PIETRASZKIEWICZ Stanislaw POW. VM, CV+2bars. In 315 from Jan 1941 till Sep 1941. Score: 3-1-1. Occupied commanding posts during the Polish Campaign and flew operationally during the French Campaign. In England posted to 303 Sqn, and soon after took a CO position at 307 (night fighters) Sqn. Requested to to be transferred back to day fighters and after a short stay with the 303, became the first CO of the 315 Sqn. On 21 September, 1941, had to bale out over France a was taken prisoner. The rest of the war spent in Stalag Luft III. Settled first in England then in South Africa, where he died in 1988. |
P1915 S/Ldr PIETRZAK Henryk In 315 from Jul 1944 till Oct 1944. DFC, VM, CV+3bars. 7 1/2-1-1. In Polish Campaign he flew as a pilot of a PZL P.23 Karas bomber, and in France as a fighter pilot, with GC III/9. Also with 306 and IFDF at High Post. On Dec 31, 1942 he scored a 500th victory for PAF in WWII. After the war he settled in England. He took off for the last flight on 28 Jan 1990 in Thorpe Hall, UK. |
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P2948 F/O PINKOWSKI Tadeusz In 315 from Oct 1944 till EOW. CV. No score. After the war he settled in Canada and for many years was a chief engineer in Berol. |
P1381 W/Cdr PISAREK Marian BoB. DFC, 2VM 5th and 4th Class, CV+bar. KIA. In 315 from Jan 1941 till Mar 1941. Score: 11 1/2-1-1. In September 1939 he flew with 141 Eskadra. Also with 303, where he saw action in the Battle of Britain, and 308. He was shot down on 29 April 1942 by FW190s near Hardelot while flying Spitfire Vb MB307 as the Commander of the No. 1 Polish Fighter Wing. |
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P1802 F/Lt POLAK Jerzy CV+bar. In 315 from Apr 1943 till Jan 1945. Score: 2 1/3-0-0. Also with No. 306 Squadron. |
 P0790 F/O POLEK Antoni In 315 from Feb 1942 till May 1942. Score: 0-2-0. |
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P76751 S/Ldr POPLAWSKI Jerzy BoB(111, 229) DFC, VM, CV+2bars. In 315 from Apr 1943 till Feb 1944. Score: 5-0-2. Also with 303 Sqn. After the war settled in Argentina. |
P1856 S/Ldr POTOCKI Wladyslaw 315 squadron's CO from Apr 1945 till Feb 1946. DFC, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 4.75-0-1. Also with 306 and IFDF at High Post. After the war he remained with RAF and worked as a test pilot, then migrated to Canada where he was involved with CF-105 Arrow project. Subsequently he moved to USA to work with Apollo program. He passed away in December 1996. |
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 P704228 Sgt RICHTER Adolf KAS. In 315 from Sep 1944 till Nov 1944. No score. Killed during training flight on 8 Nov 1944. Mustang III HB882. |
 P781018 F/Sgt ROGOWSKI Jan In 315 from till Apr 1943 till May 1943. CV. KIA. No score. In September 1939 he flew with 162 Eskadra. On May 28, 1943 shot down over France in Spitfire V BR524. |
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P0867 F/O SAWIAK Boleslaw KIA. CV. In 315 from Nov 1941 till Aug 1942. Score: 0-0-1. On 23 August, 1942, he scrambled alone from Ballyhalbert to intercept a marauding German bomber. He damaged the a/c, which force landed near Dublin. Sawiak was wounded by a return fire from the bomber, and later died of his wounds in a hospital. |
P0596 W/Cdr SAWICZ Tadeusz 315's CO from Sep 26 1942 till Apr 16 1943. BoB (303), DFC, DFC(Am),VM, VC+3bars. Score: 3-0-3 1/2. Flew during the Polish Campaign with 114 Eskadra. He took part in the French campaign assigned to GCIII/10. Battle of Britain veteran with No. 303 squadron. Later with 316 Sqn. between November 1944 and April 1945 commanded the 131 Polish Fighter Wing. After the war settled in Canada, where he currently resides. |
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P0660 F/Lt SCHMIDT Jerzy In 315 from Jun 1944 till Dec 1944. KAS. CV+2bars. Score: 2-0-0. Also with 302 and 306 Sqns. He died on Dec 6, 1944 when the engine in his a/c quit in a middle of the North Sea. |
RAF188124 F/O SCOTT Elgin In 315 from Nov 1944 till EOW. CV. Score: 1-0-0. With double-Polish and British-citizenship he served in "Deblinski" as a RAF pilot. After the war he worked for British Consulate in Poland. Later he settled in Canada, where his family has its origins. |
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? F/Lt SEMMERLING Brunon CV+bar. MC. In 315 from Feb 1942 till Oct1943 (two postings). No score. B. Semmerling was shot down on 13 march 1943, when 315 was escorting B-17s. He bailed out and evaded capture. After his return to England he rejoined the squadron. Later he worked for the British Intelligence (he had a pre-war training in Poland as an counterintelligence agent) and was smuggled several times in and out the occupied France. Some time after the war he returned to Poland where he died. He probably settled in a coastal city of Wejherowo. |
 ? W/O SEREDYN Antoni In 315 from Sep 1944 till EOW. No score. |
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 P783226 W/O SIWEK Kazimierz KIA. VM, CV In 315 from Jul 1943 till Sep 1944. Score: 3-0-0. All his score was achieved on one sortie, August 18, 1944, when the unit claimed 16! enemy a/c destroyed. He was killed soon after during a training flight. |
P783168 W/O SKLADZIEN Bronislaw In 315 from Aug 1944 till Nov 1945. No score. After the war settled in England. |
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P781269 W/O SLON Tadeusz CV In 315 from Sep 1943 till Apr 1945. Score: 1.5-0-0. |
P1953 F/Lt SLONSKI-OSTOJA Marek In 315 from Jan 1941 till Sep 1942 (two postings). No score. Shot down and killed as a CO of No. 306 Sqn over France in 1943. |
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| P2340 F/O SMIDOWICZ Bogdan In 315 from 1943 till 1944. CV. No score. After the war settled in Poland. |
 F/O SOKOLOWSKI Eugeniusz In 315 from Jan 1942 till Oct 1942. No score. |
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P0448 S/Ldr SPORNY Kazimierz He joined 315 for short period after the end of the war. DFC,VM, CV+3bars. Score: 5-1-1. In England posted to 213 Squadron, then to 302. In early 1943 volunteered for the Polish Fighting Team in Africa. Then with 316 and 306. After the war he settled in USA. |
P784474 Sgt STALINSKI Marian KIA. CV. In 315 from May 1941 till Nov 1941. No score. is a/c - Spitfire AM937 - was shot down by shore flak battery on 23 November 1941. Pilot died in the channel. |
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P0564 F/Lt STEFANKIEWICZ Henryk In 315 from Oct 1941 till Jun 1944. KIA. CV+3bars. Score: 1.25-0-0. Shot down on June 22nd, 1944, by AAA while flying Mustang III (FZ157?). Crash site was not know; his body never been recovered. |
P76732 F/Lt STEMBROWICZ Konrad In 315 from Oct 1941 till Jan 1943 and from Jun 1944 till Apr 1945. CV+bar. Score: 0-1-2. In the Polish campaign flew PZL-23 Karas light bomber, on which he attempted to attack a Bf109. Also in 303 and 306. Completed 70 combat flights and 61 operational flights. After the war settled in England. Deceased in September 2004. |
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P2478 F/Lt SWISTUN Gwidon In 315 from Feb 1944 till Apr 1945. CV+2 bars. Score: 3-1-0. Also with No. 306 squadron. After the war settled in USA, where he passed away in August 1992. |
P1739 F/Lt SWORNIOWSKI Adam In 315 from Dec 1942 till Jun 1944. KIA. CV+bar. Score: 1-0-0. Shot down by AAA near Mortain, France on June 8th, 1944. He died while trying to force land his Mustang which he crashed against one of the German tanks. |
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P0992 S/Ldr SZCZESNIEWSKI Wladyslaw In 315 from Jan 1941 till Nov 1941. POW. CV+bar. Score: 1-2-0. 315's CO from Sep 22 till Nov 8, 1941, when at that day he was shot down over France. In Polish Campaign, Sep 1939, CO of 161 Eskadra, Lwow (PZL-11). Shot down over France, spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III. After the war returned to Poland where he was promptly arrested by the Communists. He bought a dilapidated truck and scraped for a living. Deceased on July 23rd, 1973 in Warsaw, Poland. |
P782842 W/O SZTRAMKO Kazimierz In 315 from Jul 1944 till EOW. DFM, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 4 1/3-0-0. Flew in Polish campaign with 113 Eskadra. In France with GC II/10. Also in 317, 308 squadrons and in the Polish Fighting Team in Africa (1943). After the war settled in Canada. Deceased in 1995. |
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P76747 F/Lt SZULKOWSKI Wladyslaw In 315 from Jan 1941 till 27 March 1941. KIA. BoB(65), CV. Score: 1-0-0. Took part in Polish campaign as member of "Deblin group". Through Rumania and France reached England, where on 5 August was posted to No 65 Squadron. On 27 Match 1941, while leading a section on a convoy patrol, his Hurricane (V7188) collided with with a/c piloted by Sgt Paterek. |
P793839 W/O TAMOWICZ Tadeusz In 315 from Apr 1944 till Aug 1944. DFC, VM, CV. Score: 0-0-1(official) or 4-1-2 (claimed). He was the pilot who was shot down over France and brought back by S/Ldr Horbaczewski in Mustang. Also with 317 and 316 squadrons. After the war settled in Australia and has died since. |
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P76743 F/Lt TARKOWSKI Czeslaw In 315 from 15 Dec 1941 till 10 Sep 1943. CV+3 bars. Score: 1-0-0. Also credited with 1 ship. Flew also with 307 (night fighter) squadron. After the war settled in England, where he currently resides. |
P2094 F/O TURZANSKI Boleslaw In 315 from January 1941 till Jun 1941. DFC, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 4-0-1 In England, posted to 306, then 315, where on his own request he was transferred to No. 307 night fighter squadron. All his scores were achieved when in latter unit. |
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 P2124 P/O TUCZEMSKI Jerzy In 315 from Jul 1943 till Aug 1943. No score. |
P1628 F/Lt UCHWAT Zdzislaw In 315th from July 1942 till Aug 1942. CV+bar. No score. Later, he flew for 8 months with No. 317 squadron and ultimately posted to 318 "Gdanski", where he flew for the rest of the war. For a short period in 1944, temporarily assigned as a pilot to 601 and then to657 squadron. After the war settled in Canada where he died in 2000. |
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P0506 G/Cpt WANDZILAK Stanislaw In 315 Squadron from Nov 1943 till Feb 1944. DFC, VM, CV+2bars. Score: 2-0-0. He flew during the French campaign with the flight defending Clermont Ferrand. In England also with 308 and 303 Sqns. After the war he settled in England and from 1948 till 1972 he served with RAF and held various important positions. In 1968, as a Group Captain, he became RAF Personnel Deputy Director in the British Ministry of Defense. In 1955 he received AFC and in 1958 the OBE, both times from the hands of Queen Elizabeth II. Deceased in November 2000. |
P0606 S/Ldr WIORKIEWICZ Mieczyslaw From 7 July 1942 till 25 Sep 1942 squadron's CO. CV. Score: 0-0-1. During the Polish campaign he commanded 122 Eskadra. In France commanded the Training squadron in Lyon. In England, posted to 308 squadron. In June 1941 Liaison officer with 11 Fighter Group. Released from operational flying, he became PAF staff officer with 131 Wing. He settled in Poland, where he died on 31 January 1987. |
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? Sgt WLODARSKI Alfred In 315 from Feb 1943 till Aug 1943. No score. |
 P1099 F/Lt WIZA Franciszek DFC, VM, CV+2bars In 315 from Oct 1942 till Mar 1945 (two postings). Score: 3-1-2. |
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P0722 F/O WOLINSKI Kazimierz In 315 from Jan 1941 till 16 Sep 1941. KIA. VM, CV. Score: 2-0-1. Took part in Polish campaign as tactical officer with 111/5 Eskadra. Through Rumania and France reached England, and posted to the 315 Sqn., then in Northolt. On 16 September 1941 killed during sweep over St. Omer, when shot down by a German fighter. |
P2096 F/Lt WÜNSCHE Kazimierz In 315 from Apr 1944 till EOW. BoB (303). DFC, DFM, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 4.5-1-0. Also flew in Polish and French (GC II/8) Campaigns. After the war he returned to Poland, and in 1957 he joined the air medical service. |
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? F/L WYROZEMSKI Ksawery In 315 from Apr 1942 till EOW. CV+bar. No score. Since 1964 he worked for CIA in Congo. He was an airfield commander and was responsible for the retraining of the Cuban exile pilots hired by the CIA. Reportedly, he also collected some intelligence material on local tribes. He was killed in a car accident when the jeep driven by the local driver overturned. |
P1584 F/Lt WYSZKOWSKI Mieczyslaw In 315 from May 1946 till unit's disbandment. DFC, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 3-2-1. Flew mostly with 316 sqn. Also with Skalski"s PFT, 306, 309 and 303. After the war joined the RAF as a test and ferry pilot. In 1949 returned to Poland. Passed away in Warsaw in 1976. |
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P0697 F/Lt ZAJAC Wladyslaw In 315 from Sep 1941 till Jan 1943 and from Apr 1943 till Mar 1944. CV+bar. Score: 1-1-0. He flew 86 missions and operational flights with the squadron. After the war settled in England. |
? P/O ZALESKI Maciej In 315 from Aug 1944 till EOW. CV. No score. After the war he settled in Canada. |
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| P782790 Sgt ZANIEWSKI Piotr In 315 from Jan 1941 till Jun 1941. No score. |
? F/Lt ZIELONKA Kazimierz In 315 from Jan 1942 till Jan 1944. CV. No score. Flew also with No. 316 Squadron. |
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P76715 S/Ldr ZURAKOWSKI Janusz In 315 from Dec 1941 till Apr 1942. BoB (234, 609), VM, CV+2bars. 3-1-1. After war a test-pilot for Gloster. He settled in Canada. Later a test-pilot for the ill-fated Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. He also invented a new maneuver while flying a Gloster Meteor, so called the "Zurabatic Wheel". |
P1893 F/O ZURAKOWSKI Tadeusz CV. In 315 from Aug 1942 till Aug 1943. Score: 0-0-1. |
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as a guest on PK a/c. Lt/ Col GABRESKI Francis USAAF As an exchange pilot he flew over 20 sorties (25?) with 315 from Nov 1942 till Feb 1943. DFC, CV, DSC. Credited with 28 kills during WWII. He continued to fly after the war, taking part in Korean and Vietnam conflicts. |
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as a guest on PK a/c. P0587 G/Cpt PAWLIKOWSKI Stefan Flying as a guest (Spitfire IX, LZ990) with No. 315 squadron, he was KIA on 15 May 1943. CBE, VM, CM. Shot down by FW190 over France. He commanded The Pursuit Brigade during the Polish campaign; in France commander of the training center at Lyon. Since arriving in England after the French capitulation, he served as a liaison officer with Fighter Command occasionally taking part in operational sorties over the enemy's territory. |
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as a guest on PK a/c. P0692 W/Cdr RUTKOWSKI Kazimierz DFC, VM, CV+3bars. Score: 6-2-1. During the Polish campaign he flew as an army cooperation pilot with 3 Regiment of the "Poznan" Army. In England he was posted to the 306 Squadron on 4 Sep 1940. In December that year he suffered serious injuries in Hurricane crash. He returned to the unit but was shot down on 19 may 1941 (Z3065) over the Channel. He bailed out and was rescued. Later with 317 Squadron, again with 306 Squadron as a CO and staff officer at Northolt. In 1944, unofficially he flew P-47s with 61st squadron, 56 FG of the US 8th Air Force. In December 1944 he became commander of the 133 (Polish) Wing. He settled in England. |
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