| Název: Name: | 305. peruť RAF | No. 305 Squadron RAF |
| Originální název: Original Name: | No. 305 (Polish) Squadron RAF / 305 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego" | |
| Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 29.08.1940 | |
| Předchůdce: Predecessor: | - | - |
| Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 06.01.1947 | |
| Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
| Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.04.1941-DD.08.1943 1. skupina RAF 18.11.1943-12.05.1944 138. polní letiště RAF 12.05.1944-07.09.1945 138. křídlo RAF 07.09.1945-24.11.1945 137. křídlo RAF 24.11.1945-DD.MM.1946 139. křídlo RAF | DD.04.1941-DD.08.1943 No. 1 Group RAF 18.11.1943-12.05.1944 No. 138 Airfield RAF 12.05.1944-07.09.1945 No. 138 wing RAF 07.09.1945-24.11.1945 No. 137 wing RAF 24.11.1945-DD.MM.1946 No. 139 wing RAF |
| Dislokace: Deployed: | 29.08.1940-02.12.1940 Nuneaton, Royal Air Force Station Bramcote 02.12.1940-20.07.1941 Syerston, Royal Air Force Station Syerston 20.07.1941-22.07.1942 Lindholme, Royal Air Force Station Lindholme 22.07.1942-22.06.1943 Hemswell Cliff, Royal Air Force Station Hemswell 22.06.1943-05.09.1943 Ingham, Royal Air Force Station Ingham 05.09.1943-18.11.1943 Swanton Morley, Royal Air Force Station Swanton Morley 18.11.1943-23.10.1944 Alton, Royal Air Force Station Lasham 23.10.1944-25.10.1944 Hartford Bridge, Royal Air Force Station Hartford Bridge 25.10.1944-30.10.1944 Alton, Royal Air Force Station Lasham 30.10.1944-19.11.1944 Hartford Bridge, Royal Air Force Station Hartford Bridge 19.11.1944-30.07.1945 Cambrai, Advanced Landing Ground A-75 Cambrai/Epinoy 30.07.1945-07.09.1945 Volkel, Advanced Landing Ground B-80 07.09.1945-24.10.1945 Gilze en Rijen, Advanced Landing Ground B-77 Gilze-Rijen 24.10.1945-02.01.1946 Steenokkerzeel, Advanced Landing Ground B-58 Melsbroek 02.01.1946-19.01.1946 Sylt, Royal Air Force Station Sylt 19.01.1946-11.03.1946 Steenokkerzeel, Melsbroek Air Base 11.03.1946-18.06.1946 Kolín nad Rýnem, Royal Air Force Station Wahn 18.06.1946-11.07.1946 Sylt, Royal Air Force Station Sylt 11.07.1946-25.07.1946 Kolín nad Rýnem, Royal Air Force Station Wahn 25.07.1946-16.08.1946 Münster, Royal Air Force Station Handorf 16.08.1946-02.09.1946 Kolín nad Rýnem, Royal Air Force Station Wahn 02.09.1946-16.09.1946 Manston, Royal Air Force Station Manston 16.09.1946-15.10.1946 Kolín nad Rýnem, Royal Air Force Station Wahn 15.10.1946-25.11.1946 Faldingworth, Royal Air Force Station Faldingworth 25.11.1946-06.01.1947 Portreath, Royal Air Force Station Portreath | |
| Velitel: Commander: | 29.08.1940-28.03.1941 Jankowski, Jan (Wing Commander) 29.08.1940-15.09.1941 Drysdale, James Kenneth M. (Wing Commander) 29.03.1941-DD.MM.1941 Kleczyński, Bohdan (Squadron Leader) DD.MM.1941-07.08.1941 Kleczyński, Bohdan (Wing Commander) 08.08.1941-20.06.1942 Beill, Robert (Wing Commander) 21.06.1942-06.07.1942 Śniegula, Kazimierz (Squadron Leader) 06.07.1942-16.01.1943 Śniegula, Kazimierz (Wing Commander) 17.01.1943-27.07.1943 Czołowski, Tadeusz (Wing Commander) 28.07.1943-31.07.1944 Konopasek, Kazimierz (Wing Commander) 01.08.1944-31.01.1945 Orliński, Bolesław (Wing Commander) 01.02.1945-13.02.1946 Grodzicki, Stanisław (Wing Commander) 14.02.1946-06.01.1947 Referowski, Ryszard (Wing Commander) | |
| Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.08.1940-DD.11.1940 Fairey Battle Mk.I DD.11.1940-DD.07.1941 Vickers Wellington Mk.IC DD.07.1941-DD.08.1942 Vickers Wellington Mk.II DD.08.1942-DD.05.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.IV DD.05.1943-DD.08.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.X DD.09.1943-DD.12.1943 North American Mitchell Mk.II DD.12.1943-DD.11.1946 de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI | |
| Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení SM (29.08.1940-06.01.1947) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes SM (29.08.1940-06.01.1947) Units History |
| Zdroje: Sources: | Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sily Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3 Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1 Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2 HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. SHORES C. - THOMAS C.: 2nd Tactical Air Force, volume 3, Classic Pub., Hersham 2006, ISBN 1-903223-60-1 | |
305. peruť RAF [1940-1947]
No. 305 Squadron RAF
No. 305 (Polish) Squadron RAF / 305 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego"
The official emblem consecrated by the British monarch was not assigned to the squadron, but its entire existence was accompanied by this emblem, which was recognized as the official Polish government in exile.
![305. peruť RAF [1940-1947] - zdroj
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Reklama
1940
Formed 29.August and as well as her sister 304. squadron was composed of airmen evacuated from France. The training started on airplanes Fairey Battle, but in November the command of the air force bomber decided to overkill on the heavy bombers Vickers Wellington and training has started at the base of the Syerston again.
Flying in this year passed without loss.
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
Formed 29.August and as well as her sister 304. squadron was composed of airmen evacuated from France. The training started on airplanes Fairey Battle, but in November the command of the air force bomber decided to overkill on the heavy bombers Vickers Wellington and training has started at the base of the Syerston again.
Flying in this year passed without loss.
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
1941
Due to bad weather and soggy airport training drag on, but 24.04 the pilots had to wait and the squadron was declared operationally fit. Already the same night to take three of the crew (commanders W/Cdr Klenczynski, F/O Jonikas and F/Sgt Trembaczynski) raid on Rotterdam. Then take air raids on targets in occupied Europe and in Germany.
Conducted 281 combat flights in the length of 1479 hours.
58 pilots lost during the operating years (including the crew of the british commander, W/Cdr J. Drysdalea), 6 killed during a training flight, 14 pilots lost to the captives, and 2 are managed through Spain to get back to Britain.
losses
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources
https://polishairforce.pl/
https://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
https://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
Due to bad weather and soggy airport training drag on, but 24.04 the pilots had to wait and the squadron was declared operationally fit. Already the same night to take three of the crew (commanders W/Cdr Klenczynski, F/O Jonikas and F/Sgt Trembaczynski) raid on Rotterdam. Then take air raids on targets in occupied Europe and in Germany.
Conducted 281 combat flights in the length of 1479 hours.
58 pilots lost during the operating years (including the crew of the british commander, W/Cdr J. Drysdalea), 6 killed during a training flight, 14 pilots lost to the captives, and 2 are managed through Spain to get back to Britain.
losses
| date: | machine | cause | crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02./03.05. | Wellington R1214 SM-N | a Raid on Emden. Shot down by a night tank above the The netherlands. | F/O (pil.) Józef Nogal - POW Sgt (pil.) Tomasz Kasprzyk - POW F/O (nav.) Wacław Malak - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Żuk - POW P/O (wed.) Mieczysław Ryszkiewicz - KIA P/O (wed.) Aleksander Jastrzębski - POW |
| 08./09.05. | Wellington R1322 SM-F | a Raid on Bremen. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands. | (F/Sgt (pil.) John Dorman - KIA Sgt (pil.) Zdzisław Gwóźdź - KIA P/O (nav.) Maciej Socharski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanislaw Pisarski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Ludwik Karcz - KIA Sgt (wed.) Hehryk Sikorski - KIA |
| 12.06. | Wellington R1017 SM- | Training flight. Collision in the air with a piece of Oxford. | (F/Lt (pil.) Tadeusz Stefanicki - KAS Sgt. (pil.) Kazimierz Mruk - KAS F/O (nav.) Marian Wójtowicz - KAS Sgt (rtg.) Jerzy Krawczyk - KAS F/O (wed.) Aleksander Zirkwitz - KAS F/O (wed.) Stanisław Kowalcze - KAS |
| 18./19.06. | Wellington R1696 SM-F | a Raid on Bremen. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands. Sgt Rogowski died 19.06. the consequences injury. | Sgt (pil.) Stanisław Lewek - POW Sgt (pil.) Edward Ołenyn - POW F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Jaklewicz - POW Sgt (rtg.) Eryk Dębkowski - POW F/O (wed.) Kazimierz Żerebecki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Henryk Rogowski - POW |
| 24./25.06. | Wellington W5723 SM-F | a Raid on Boulogne. Damaged flakem crash-landed in the channel La Manche. | S/Ldr (pil.) Kazimierz Kielich - KIA Sgt (pil.) Wacław Januszkiewicz - KIA W/O (nav.) Zbigniew Idzikowski - rescued Sgt (rtg.) Zbigniew Lewoniec - KIA Sgt (wed.) Stanisław Witczak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Tadeusz Frankowski - rescued |
| 09./10.07. | Wellington R1762 SM-G | a Raid on Osnabrück. Shot down by a night tank over Germany. | Sgt (pil.) Jan Mikszo - POW Sgt (pil.) Wacław Siemiński - POW F/O (nav.) Mieczysław Marcola - POW Sgt (rtg.) Jan Dębiec - POW F/O (wed.) Brunon Okoński - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Minta - POW |
| 14./15.07. | Wellington W5726 SM-Q | a Raid on Bremen. Shot down flakem over the target. | F/O (pil.) Jerzy Janota-Bzowski - KIA P/O (pil.) Jan Ostrowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Antoni Lisiński - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanisław Mitkowski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Czesław Kaczalski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Antoni Burak - KIA |
| 05./06.08. | Wellington W5593 SM-P | a Raid on Aachen. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium. | S/Ldr (pil.) Szczepan Ścibor - POW Sgt (pil.) Stefan Tomicki - escaped captivity F/O (nav.) Jerzy Sukiennik - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Michał Kowalski - escaped captivity F/O (wed.) Mieczysław Saferna - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Rybak - KIA |
| 16./17.08. | Wellington W5463 SM-E | Raid on Cologne n/R. Shot down flakem over Belgium and crashed to the North sea. | Sgt (pil.) Stanisław Przecławski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Jan Płachta - KIA F/O (nav.) Alfons Miondlikowski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Stanisław Stankiewicz - KIA Sgt (wed.) Felix Wardeński - KIA F/Sgt (wed.) Edward Majewski - KIA |
| 15/16.09. | Wellington W5526 SM-J | Raid on Le Havre. Shot down over the target. W/Cdr Drysdale was the british commander of the squadron. | W/Cdr (pil.) James K. M. Drysdale - KIA F/Sgt (pil.) John D. Truscot - KIA F/Lt (nav.) Walter R. Gardiner - KIA F/Lt (ray.) William C. Ward - KIA F/Sgt (wed.) William C. Wheatley - KIA F/O (wed.) Ithel D. Jeremy - KIA |
| 26./27.09. | Wellington W5557 SM-G | Raid on Cologne n/R. Crash while attempting to land in bad landing. Sgt Korczyk died of the consequences injury 27.09.41. | Sgt (pil.) Eugeniusz Buszko - KIA Sgt (pil.) Tadeusz Korczyk - KIA P/O (nav.) Stanisław Barzdo - injured Sgt (rtg.) Jerzy Leyche - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wiktor Wasilenko - KIA Sgt (wed.) Zygmunt Pisarek - injured |
| 16./17.10. | Wellington W5579 SM-L | a Raid on Dunkirk. Damaged flakem crashed into the sea. | F/O (pil.) Marian Kosowski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Stefan Hildebrandt - KIA F/O (nav.) Antoni Bryk - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Lang - KIA Sgt (wed.) Jan Hejnowski - KIA P/O (wed.) Jan Łucki - KIA |
| 23/24.12. | Wellington W5374 SM-J | Raid on Cologne n/R. Severely damaged flakem crashed in England. | Sgt (pil.) Henryk Rozpara - KIA P/O (pil.) Czesław Gołacki - KIA F/O (nav.) Alfons Nowak - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Barącz - KIA P/O (wed.) Jan Siwiec - KIA Sgt (wed.) Zdzisław Kurowski - KIA |
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources
https://polishairforce.pl/
https://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
https://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
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1942
Squadron continue its raids on the continent. In the night from 24. on at 25.04 unit celebrated the year of the operational deployment event in Rotterdam all the crews squadron. In may and June, the company also participated in the raids 1000 aircraft on Cologne and Bremen. Due to the loss of the crew usually flew without a second pilot. In the second half of the year were its role mainly the bombing of the ruhr region and laying min in the ports of France after Helgoland.
Squadron passed the 587 operational flights in the length of 3273 hours.
And in this year, the squadron suffered heavy losses. Outside of the fallen and wounded many airmen went into captivity. A few managed to escape from prison camps or hospitals and return back to the Kingdom. This happiness, however, not F/O To. Pawluk and F/Lt And. Kiewnarski, who in 1944 participated in the famous "Great escape" from the camp of Stalag Luft III in Saganu. Both of them were caught and murdered.
As a member of the crew of the squadron perished also the Polish commander of the base Lindholme G/Cpt With. Skarżyński, who often participated in combat missions as a gunner.
losses/losses
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
Squadron continue its raids on the continent. In the night from 24. on at 25.04 unit celebrated the year of the operational deployment event in Rotterdam all the crews squadron. In may and June, the company also participated in the raids 1000 aircraft on Cologne and Bremen. Due to the loss of the crew usually flew without a second pilot. In the second half of the year were its role mainly the bombing of the ruhr region and laying min in the ports of France after Helgoland.
Squadron passed the 587 operational flights in the length of 3273 hours.
And in this year, the squadron suffered heavy losses. Outside of the fallen and wounded many airmen went into captivity. A few managed to escape from prison camps or hospitals and return back to the Kingdom. This happiness, however, not F/O To. Pawluk and F/Lt And. Kiewnarski, who in 1944 participated in the famous "Great escape" from the camp of Stalag Luft III in Saganu. Both of them were caught and murdered.
As a member of the crew of the squadron perished also the Polish commander of the base Lindholme G/Cpt With. Skarżyński, who often participated in combat missions as a gunner.
losses/losses
| date: | machine | cause | crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26./27.02. | Wellington II W5423 SM-R | a Raid on Kiel. Hit flakem over the target, exploded while attempting an emergency landing in Denmark | F/O (pil.) John Orzechowski - KIA P/O (pil.) Stanisław Żeromski - KIA F/O (nav.) Aleksander Golczewski - KIA P/O (rtg.) Walerian Gidaszewski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Edward Cegłowski - KIA F/O (wed.) Mieczysław Gorzeński - KIA |
| 13./14.03. | Wellington II Z8438 SM-B | Raid on Cologne n/R. Damaged flakem over the target, crashed at the time of landing. | F/O (pil.) Czesław Rymkiewicz - KIA P/O (pil.) Mieczysław Dranicki - KIA F/O (nav.) Stanisław Ostaszewski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Bala - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Sasin - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Galas - injured |
| 28./29.03. | Wellington II W5567 SM-M | Raid on Lübeck. Shot down flakem over the target. F/O Pawluk he was shot by the gestapo 29.03.44 during the escape from the prison camp Stalag Luft III in Saganu. | Sgt (pil.) Franciszek Wąsiński F/O (pil.) Jerzy Jungowski F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Pawluk Sgt (rtg.) Marian Skubiszewski Sgt (wed.) Czeslaw Krupa Sgt (wed.) Józef Krawiec |
| 14./15.04. | Wellington II Z8586 SM-W | a Raid on Dortmund. Damaged flakem crash-landed in England. | F/O (pil.) Stefan Sznidel - KIA F/O(pil.) Kazimierz Konopasek - injured F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Joszt - injured Sgt (rtg.) Wacław Szmidt Sgt (wed.) Kazimierz Pasich - KIA Sgt (wed.) Bronisław Sedzimir |
| 03./04.05. | Wellington II Z8406 SM-G | a Raid on Hamburg. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level. | F/O (pil.) Antoni Jankowski - KIA Sgt (pil.) Władysław Wieraszka - KIA F/O (nav.) Stanisław Barzdo - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Tadeusz Zagórski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Mieczysław Nowotarski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Stanislaw Gross - KIA |
| 05./06.05. | Wellington Z8599 SM-R | a Raid on Stuttgart. Shot down flakem over Belgium. | F/O (pil.) Stanisław Krawczyk - escaped captivity Sgt (pil.) Wacław Czekalski - escaped captivity F/O (nav.) Alojzy Szkuta - escaped captivity Sgt (rtg.) Adward Siadecki - escaped captivity P/O (wed.) Kazimierz Rowicki - escaped captivity Sgt (wed.) Ludwik Czarnecki - POW |
| 01./02.06. | Wellington Z8583 SM-Z | a Raid on Essen. Damaged the nightlife of the tank, fell over England. | (F/Lt (pil.) Robert Hirszbandt - KIA F/O (pil.) Kazimierz Wieliczko - KIA F/O (nav.) Zbigniew Szela - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Józef Zawistowski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Ulicki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Bronisław Sędzimir - KIA |
| 19./20.06. | Wellington II Z8339 SM-N | a Raid on Emden. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands. | Sgt (pil.) Alojzy Gusowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Henry Jankiewicz - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Kazimierz Ardelli - KIA Sgt (wed.) Marian Świderski - KIA F/Lt (alt.) Stefan Madejczyk - POW |
| 25./26.06. | Wellington II Z8528 SM-R | a Raid on Bremen. Crash-landed on the sea near the british shores. G/Cpt Skarżyński, the Polish commander of the the base of the Lindholme, as the only didn't get into the dinghy. | P/O (pil.) Józef Szybka F/Lt (nav.) Kazimierz Nowak Sgt (rtg.) Władysław Schmidt G/Cpt (alt.) Stanisław Skarżyński - KIA F/Lt (alt.) Edward Rudowski |
| 20./21.08. | Wellington IV Z1471 SM-ON | Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Brest. Shot down flakem over France. Sgt Reginis and Sgt Pelc later escaped from the pow camps and returned back to Britain. | F/O (pil.) Kazimierz Borowski - POW Sgt (pil.) Adam Barszcz - POW F/O (nav.) Stefan Lintzel - POW Sgt (rtg.) Edward Pelc - POW Sgt (wed.) Feliks Ratajski - POW Sgt (wed.) W. Reginis - POW |
| 27./28.08. | Wellington IV Z1245 SM-D | a Raid on Kassel. Shot down by a night tank above the The netherlands. F/Lt Kiewnarski was shot the gestapo 29.03.44 during the escape from the prison the camp Stalag Luft III in Saganu. Sgt Frankowski he escaped from captivity and returned to Britain. | Sgt (pil.) Jan Pytlak - KIA F/Lt (nav.) Antoni Kiewnarski - POW F/Sgt (rtg.) Feliks Gawlak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Janik - KIA Sgt (wed.) Tadeusz Frankowski - POW |
| 28./29.08. | Wellington IV Z1281 SM- | a Raid on Saarbrücken. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium. | P/O (pil.) Stanisław Turski - KIA Sgt (pil.) J Korepta - KIA F/O (nav.) Jan Klocek - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Kazimierz Górny - KIA Sgt (wed.) Czesław Poniatowski - KIA |
| 28./29.08. | Wellington Z1416 SM-N | a Raid on Saarbrücken. Damaged night tank over Belgium. The shooter killed a fire fighter and three members of the the crew left the burning machine on the padácích. Pilots can extinguish the fire landed in the Uk. | F/O (pil.) Tadeusz Czołowski Sgt (pil.) Mieczysław Seredyn P/O (nav.) Henryk Aleksandrowicz - POW Sgt (rtg.) Mieczysław Ćwikliński - POW Sgt (bomb.) Franciszek Kula - escaped captivity Sgt (wed.) Stefan Rueger - KIA |
| 23./24.09. | Wellington IV Z1476 SM-F | Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Lorient. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level. | Sgt (pil.) Tadeusz Sękowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Ryszard Rodzynkiewicz - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Aleksander Pruchniewicz - KIA F/O (bomb.) Leon Ostaszewski - KIA Sgt (wed.) Antoni Ostrowski - KIA |
| 31.10./01.11. | Wellington IV Z1279 SM-ON | Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of Lorient. Shot down by a night tank above the sea level. | F/O (pil.) Andrzej Rogowski - KIA F/O (nav.) Kazimierz Joszt - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Bronisław Ossowski - KIA F/O (bomb.) Jerzy Górecki - KIA Sgt (wed.) Wacław Pilarski - KIA |
| 19./20.11. | Wellington Z1496 SM S | Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port of St. Nazaire. Shot down over the sea. | Sgt (pil.) Ludwik Werschner - KIA P/O (nav.) Stanisław Lubojemski - KIA Sgt (rtg.) Eugeniusz Szlank - KIA Sgt (wed.) Alfred Psuja - KIA Sgt (wed.) Józef Gross - KIA |
| 06./07.12. | Wellington Z1278 SM-F | a Raid on Mannheim. Shot down flakem over France, crash landed on the sea. The rest of the crew was rescued. | Sgt (pil.) Wacław Moszczyński F/O (nav.) Napoleon Lewicki Sgt (rtg.) Roman Najda - KIA Sgt (wed.) Władysław Siudak - KIA Sgt (wed.) Cipirski |
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
Reklama
1943
The main tasks of the squadron were to continue air strikes mainly in the ruhr region and minování the coast and ports. 03.08. she graduated from their last raid in the context of Bomber Command and launched the reorganization of the squadron of tactical bombers. 05.09 became part of 2 TAF and began with retraining on the aircraft Mitchell Mk. II. A four-person crew nacvičovaly mainly flying in tight formations for the day of the bombing. 05.11. take the first operating years, but already 19.11. is shifted to the base Lasham and přezbrojila on the aircraft Mosquito FB Mk.VI, has become a unit of fighter bombers and a two-person crew nacvičovaly day and night flights in ground-level heights.
losses/losses
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery
The crew is listed in the order of pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista and shooters (machine Welligton to February), the pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - bombometčík - shooter (machines Wellington from February ) and a pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - gunner (machine Mitchel).
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
The main tasks of the squadron were to continue air strikes mainly in the ruhr region and minování the coast and ports. 03.08. she graduated from their last raid in the context of Bomber Command and launched the reorganization of the squadron of tactical bombers. 05.09 became part of 2 TAF and began with retraining on the aircraft Mitchell Mk. II. A four-person crew nacvičovaly mainly flying in tight formations for the day of the bombing. 05.11. take the first operating years, but already 19.11. is shifted to the base Lasham and přezbrojila on the aircraft Mosquito FB Mk.VI, has become a unit of fighter bombers and a two-person crew nacvičovaly day and night flights in ground-level heights.
losses/losses
| date: | machine | cause | crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12./13.01. | Wellington IV Z1272 SM-N | Minování the coast in the vicinity of Brest. On return crashed in the Uk. | P/O Kazimierz Krawczyk - KIA P/O Andrzej Płusa - KIA Sgt Karol Dutkiewicz - KIA Sgt John Laskowski - KIA Sgt Stanislaw Dorosz - KIA |
| 14./15.01. | Wellington IV Z1378 | Onboard the shooter was hurt anti-aircraft fire. After landing in the the departure from the aircraft was hit by the spinning the propeller of his machine. | Sgt Henryk Kwiatkowski P/O Roman Klisz Sgt Franciszek Dembek Sgt Józef Burchard Sgt Józef Molenda - KIA |
| 29./30.01. | Wellington IV Z1415 SM-N | Minování the coast in the vicinity of the port Lorient. Probably shot down the night tank above sea level. | (F/O Adam Pankiewicz - KIA P/O Tolimir Kozłowski - KIA Sgt Edmund Malinowski - KIA Sgt Tadeusz Główczyński - KIA Sgt Wiktor Sroka - KIA |
| 03./04.02. | Wellington IV Z1392 SM-ON | a Raid on Hamburg. Shot down by a night tank over the Netherlands. | Sgt Mieczysław Seredyn - POW F/O Edward Lesisz - KIA F/Sgt Alfonz Kowalski - KIA Sgt Henry Gzell - KIA Sgt Bernard Kozłowski - KIA |
| 25.05. | Wellington X HF492 SM-M | Crash on test flight of the machine. On board to perish also a member of the ground staff Cpl Jan Berdecha. | Sgt Bronisław Baster - KAS P/O Władysław Koczapski - KAS Sgt Adam Niźnik - KAS Sgt Edward Miksza - KAS Sgt Kazimierz Białobrzeski - KAS |
| 21/22.06. | Wellington X HE347 SM-F | a Raid on Krefeld. Shot down by a night tank over Belgium. | Sgt Stanisław Szpaliński - KIA P/O Stanislaw Gąsecki - escaped captivity Sgt Antoni Fried - POW Sgt Roman Raczkowski - POW Sgt Leopold Makarski - KIA |
| 02/03.08. | Wellington X HZ467 SM-C | a Raid on Hamburg. Shot down by a night tank over Germany. | (F/Sgt Stefan Grześkowiak - KIA F/O Marian Runiewicz - KIA Sgt Paweł Beeger - KIA Sgt Władysław Paluszkiewicz - KIA Sgt Staniskaw Rutowski - KIA |
| 14.11. | Mitchell II FV941 SM-D | Crash during a training flight. | (F/Sgt Henryk Anglik - KAS F/O Walery Fuchs - KAS F/Sgt Marian Andruszkow - KAS Sgt Jan Twardowski - KAS |
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery
The crew is listed in the order of pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista and shooters (machine Welligton to February), the pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - bombometčík - shooter (machines Wellington from February ) and a pilot - navigator - radiotelegrafista - gunner (machine Mitchel).
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
1944
25.01. squadron has taken its first operating years in the report 138. wing of the RAF. From may began to fly almost exclusively at night. Due to losses and lack of backups was supplemented by british airmen and a squadron of B has become the british under the command of S/L M. Herricka. In August has taken two major events - the destruction of the school of German saboteurs near Le Mans and the attack on the tanks of gasoline to the north of Nancy, and from September to November they attacked the islands in the region of Antwerp is occupied by Germans, that blocked the port.
losses/losses
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - navigator
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
25.01. squadron has taken its first operating years in the report 138. wing of the RAF. From may began to fly almost exclusively at night. Due to losses and lack of backups was supplemented by british airmen and a squadron of B has become the british under the command of S/L M. Herricka. In August has taken two major events - the destruction of the school of German saboteurs near Le Mans and the attack on the tanks of gasoline to the north of Nancy, and from September to November they attacked the islands in the region of Antwerp is occupied by Germans, that blocked the port.
losses/losses
| date: | machine | cause | crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| at 28.01. | Mosquito FB VI HX908 | Training flight. Crash during emergency landing. | Sgt Mieczysław Illg - KAS P/O Jan Wąsikowski - injured |
| 22.02. | Mosquito FB VI LR289 | Crash during a practice flight. | Sgt Stefan Szarek - KAS Sgt Edmund Ostrowski - KAS |
| 28./29.03. | Mosquito FB VI HR276 SM S | Combat years. Shot down flakem above sea level | (F/O Bolesław Sochacki - KIA F/Lt Józef Eckhardt - KIA |
| 22./23.04 | Mosquito FB VI LR313 SM-B | Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. The crew escaped captivity and returned to Britain. | W/O Tadeusz Ciula F/O Jan Rosiński |
| 27./28.04. | Mosquito FB VI LR329 | Accident during a night training flight. | (F/O John E. Mathias - KAS F/Lt Thomas W. Irvin - KAS |
| 30.04./01.05. | Mosquito FB VI MM409 SM-T | Combat years. Missing. | (F/O Raymond L. Archer - KIA F/O Arthur M. McEvan - KIA |
| 24.05. | Mosquito FB VI HX909 | Crash during a training flight. | (F/Lt William G. Hole - KAS Sgt Edward T. West - KAS |
| 24./25.05 | Mosquito FB VI NT145 SM-Z | Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. | (F/O Michał Latawiec - KIA P/O Stanislaw Wątor - KIA |
| 24./25.05. | Mosquito FB VI NS901 SM- | Damaged in combat flight years. Crash during landing. | (F/Lt Henry Kołacz - KIA Sgt Franciszek Kruszyński - KIA |
| 07./08.06. | Mosquito FB VI LR275 SM-R | Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. | W/O Wilhelm Cesarz - KIA F/O Ludwik Jaksztas - KIA |
| 12./13.06. | Mosquito FB VI HR134 SM-Z | Combat years. Missing, probably shot down above the sea level. | (F/O Juliusz Bilau - KIA F/O Józef Kocoń - KIA |
| 16.06. | Mosquito FB VI NS913 SM-T | Daily combat years. Shot down by the tank over Denmark. | S/Ldr Michael J. Herrick - KIA F/O Ryszard Turski - KIA |
| 10./11.07. | Mosquito FB VI LR300 SM-N | Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. | (F/Lt Kazimierz Przyłuski - KIA S/Ldr Aleksander Łukiński - KIA |
| 10./11.07. | Mosquito FB VI NS873 SM S | Combat years. Shot down flakem over France. | (F/Lt Edward Suszyński - KIA S/Ldr Julian Łagowski - escaped captivity |
| 15./16.08. | Mosquito FB VI LR261 SM-G | Combat years. Crash on startup. | (F/O Zygmunt Jasiński - KIA P/O Jan Trznadel - KIA |
| 24.09. | Mosquito FB VI LR262 SM-Q | Training flight. Collision in air with another machine 305. squadron. | (F/Sgt Basil J. Hogg - KAS Sgt Alan J. Tucknott - KAS |
| 24.09. | Mosquito FB VI PZ302 | Training flight. Collision in air with another machine 305. squadron. Died also kaplan squadron T. Samulski, seated in the place of the navigator. | (F/Lt Antoni Widawski - KAS |
| 05.10. | Mosquito FB VI NT226 | Crash during a training flight. | W/O Marian Kita - KAS F/O Leon Piekarski - KAS |
| 06./07.11. | Mosquito FB VI PZ238 SM-D | Combat years. Shot down flakem over the Netherlands. | (F/O Zygmunt Mochnacki - KIA P/O Zenon Szwarnowiecki - KIA |
| 08./09.11. | Mosquito FB VI HR422 SM-H | Combat years. Shot down. | (F/Lt James And. Currie - KIA F/O John To. Smith - KIA |
| 25./26.11. | Mosquito FB VI PZ333 SM-G | Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany. | Sgt Zygmunt Chwalibóg - KIA Sgt Zenon Parzych - KIA |
| 25./26.11. | Mosquito FB VI PZ278 SM S | Combat years. Shot down over Germany. | (F/Lt George W. Moseley - KIA F/Sgt Kingsley. Nugent - KIA |
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - navigator
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
1945 - 1947
After the new years attack the German aircraft at its airport (no major damage) the squadron embarked in spite of the bad weather to support allied units in the ruhr region. 22.02. participated in operation "Clarion", in which 7000 allied aircraft útočilo on communication throughout the territory of Germany. The last action taken in the night from 25. 26. April in the area of Westerland.
After the end of the fighting the squadron became part of the british occupation forces in Germany. In addition to training, the crew meet and courier tasks, inter alia, could the documents related to the nuremberg process. At the beginning of October 1946, the unit moved back to Britain, where she was 6. January of the following year disbanded.
losses/losses
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - the navigator (unless specified otherwise).
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
After the new years attack the German aircraft at its airport (no major damage) the squadron embarked in spite of the bad weather to support allied units in the ruhr region. 22.02. participated in operation "Clarion", in which 7000 allied aircraft útočilo on communication throughout the territory of Germany. The last action taken in the night from 25. 26. April in the area of Westerland.
After the end of the fighting the squadron became part of the british occupation forces in Germany. In addition to training, the crew meet and courier tasks, inter alia, could the documents related to the nuremberg process. At the beginning of October 1946, the unit moved back to Britain, where she was 6. January of the following year disbanded.
losses/losses
| date: | machine | cause | crew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.02.1945 | Mosquito FB VI PZ380 SM-J | Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany. | W/O Ellis Smith - KIA F/Sgt Allan M. Robertson - POW |
| 25./26.02.1945 | Mosquito FB VI PZ374 SM-H | Combat years. Shot down flakem over Germany. | (F/O Tadeusz Lech - KIA P/O Henryk Kaczan - KIA |
| 26./27.02.1945 | Mosquito FB VI PZ371 SM S | Combat years. Shot down | P/O Leurence P. Etheridge - KIA F/Sgt Alexander J. Joyce - KIA |
| 05./06.04.1945 | Mosquito FB VI PR191 SM-T | Combat years. Missing. | (F/O Gareth And. Baker - KIA Sgt George E. Arthur - KIA |
| 06./07.04.1945 | Mosquito FB VI SZ998 SM-J | Combat years. Missing. | S/Ldr Philip H. Hanbury - KIA F/Lt Jack P. Hart - KIA |
| 08./09.04.1945 | Mosquito FB VI NT187 SM-IN | Combat years. Accidentally shot down by american the nightlife of the tank. Already after a few days they were liberated by the advancing american army and returned to the unit. | W/O Reginald Everson - POW Sgt Riley Rudd - POW |
| 15.10.1946 | Mosquito FB VI NS999 SM-Q | Crash during a training flight. | W/O John Baryga - KAS Sgt Rubin Lifszyc - KAS |
pos: KIA - killed in action, KAS - died in service, POW - prisoner, flak - anti-aircraft artillery, dinghy - lifeboat
The crew is listed in the order of the pilot - the navigator (unless specified otherwise).
resources
http://polishairforce.pl/
http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/
http://lostbombers.co.uk/
Cynk, Jerzy B.: Polskie Sills Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press, 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
Zieliński, Józef: 305 Dywizion bombowy, Bellona, Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-11-09813-1
Król, Wacław: Zarys dzialań polskiego lotnictva w Wielkiej Brytanii 1940-1945, WKiL Warszawa 1990,ISBN 83-206-0852-x
Gretzyngier, R. - Matusiak, W. - Wójcik, W. - Zieliński, J.: Ku czci poległych lotników 1939-1945, Altair, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86217-50-2
.
The staff of one of the squadrons, 305. squadrons at the base of the Lindholme - summer 1942..
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