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Příjmení: Surname:
Ranoszek
Ranoszek
Jméno: Given Name:
Gerard Karol
Gerard Karol
Jméno v originále: Original Name:
Gerard Karol Ranoszek
Všeobecné vzdělání: General Education:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1930 Státní mužské gymnázium knížete Jana II. Opolského, Tarnowskie Góry DD.MM.1930-DD.MM.1932 Vyšší technická škola svobodného města Gdaňsk DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1938 Vyšší technická škola svobodného města Gdaňsk DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1939 Varšavská Politechnika
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1930 Prince Jan II Opolsky State Boys' Gymnasium, Tarnowskie Góry DD.MM.1930-DD.MM.1932 Higher Technical School of the Free City of Gdańsk DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1938 Higher Technical School of the Free City of Gdańsk DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1939 Warsaw University of Technology
Vojenské vzdělání: Military Education:
15.02.1933-15.08.1933 Poddůstojnícká škola leteckých záloh DD.12.1944-DD.MM.1945 US Army Command and General Staff Office, Fort Leavenworth
15.02.1933-15.08.1933 Non-commissioned Officer School of Air Reserves DD.12.1944-DD.MM.1945 US Army Command and General Staff Office, Fort Leavenworth
Důstojnické hodnosti: Officer Ranks:
01.01.1935 podporučík DD.MM.RRRR poručík DD.MM.RRRR Letový důstojník DD.MM.RRRR kapitán DD.MM.RRRR Vedoucí perutě (Acting) DD.MM.RRRR major DD.MM.RRRR Komandér křídla DD.MM.RRRR podplukovník
One of the most successful Polish night fighters, after graduating from high school he enrolled at Gdansk Polytechnic. He also underwent flight training at the Air Force Reserve Officers' School and in 1935 became a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve.
In 1939 he was mobilized and evacuated prototypes of Polish aircraft. Via Slovakia and Hungary he reached France, where he began retraining for French fighters, but did not take part in combat.
After the defeat of France, he moved to the UK via North Africa. He retrained as a Hurricane fighter and in December 1940 was assigned to the 32nd Squadron. Polish squadron, but he also flew combat missions, and during a patrol on the night of 10-11 May he was credited with damaging an enemy bomber.
Perhaps because of this, he decided to pursue a career as a night fighter, and at his own request was transferred to 307. Polish Night Fighter Squadron at Exeter on 7 February 1942, armed with Beaufighter aircraft. From July 1942, he served as B Squadron Commander and, after the death of W/Cdr Michałowski, as temporary Squadron Commander. During his tour he added three certain kills of German bombers to his score.
First, he and his radar operator Sgt Jerzy Trzaskowski scored damage to Do 217 (26 June).
They were far more successful on the night of August 4-5. They were first listed on an enemy aircraft, which they identified as a Ju 88. After a short gun burst, the German machine, designated M2+CL by the 3rd/KüFlGr 106, crashed in flames into the sea. Just 10 minutes later, they encountered another bomber - again a Ju 88 A-4 from the same unit as the previous opponent, this time coded M2+HL. The engagement was uneventful, with the German machine exploding while still in the air and its wreckage landing near Molescombe Farm near Frogmore in Kingsbridge County.
S/Ldr Ranoszek scored his last success on the night of 24-25 September. Together with radar operator F/Lt Stanislaw Sawczynski, they crashed a Do 217 bomber into the sea after a long fight and landed with great luck at their base, as oil leaking from the opponent's engine had hit their cockpit and made forward vision completely impossible.
He retired on 28 May 1943 and became a liaison officer with the 10th and later 12th Group Fighter Air Force.
He returned to combat flying a year later, again with the 307th, this time as its commander. He was the first Polish reserve officer to become a squadron commander. He was at its head until December 1944, but he did not improve his record. After graduating from the War College, he served in staff positions.
After demobilization, he chose to live in South Africa, where he also died. His ashes are now interred at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
zdroj: http://www.polishairforce.pl/ranoszek.html Gretzyngier, Robert: 307. dywizjon myśliwski nocny, Bellona, Warszawa 2005, ISBN 83-11-10112-4 J.B.Cynk - Polskie Sily Powietrzne 1939-1945, AJ-Press 2001, ISBN 83-7237-089-3
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