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No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron - 316 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski"

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    Jerzy Bajan (1901 - 1967)
    Military, a colonel in the Polish Air Force during World War II. He was born in Lwów, Poland (under Austrian partitin). After Poland regained independence in 1918, at the age of 17 he volunteered for...
  • General Tadeusz Władysław Sawicz (1914 - 2011)
    Tadeusz Sawicz was a Polish World War II fighter pilot. He served in the Polish Air Force, and after the fall of Poland, he served in the Polish and allied units in France and United Kingdom. He was th...

No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Polish: 316 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Warszawski") was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It was one of several Polish fighter squadrons fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II.

No 316 Squadron was formed at Pembrey on 15 February 1941 as a Polish fighter unit equipped with Hawker Hurricane Mk.Is. It was engaged in defensive duties over south-west England until it re-equipped with Hurricanes Mk.IIs and began sweeps over northern France. It later re-equipped with the Spitfire and then Mustang aircraft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._316_Polish_Fighter_Squadron

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1975417

http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/316_wwII.html
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