List of World War II aces from Poland

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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland. [1]

Contents

A

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Adamek, Mieczyslaw 8KIA 18 May 1944
Akenamdy, Prince Stefan
Arct, Bogdan Stanislaw5

B

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Bargielowski, Jakub 6 + 2 V-1s
Bartlomiejczyk, Czeslaw1 + 6 V-1s
Belc, Marian 6 1/8DFCKIFA 27 August 1942
Beyer, Andrzej8
Blok, Stanislaw 6
Brzeski, Stanislaw 13 1/2DSO, DFC**

C

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef7
Cholajda, Antoni "Ghandi"8
Chudek, Aleksandr 9KIA 23 June 1944
Cwynar, Michal 13
Czerwubski, Tadeusz7

D

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Drobinski, Boleslaw H "Ski" 7
Dudwal, Hieronim6KIA in France 7 June 1940

F

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Falkowski, Jan Pavel 9DFC
Ferić, Mirosław "Ox" 6 11/24VM, KW**, DFCKIFA 14 February 1942
Feruga, Jozef5

G

German MG 15 aerial machine gun, pilot's cap and some debris of a German Heinkel He 111 downed by Aleksander Gabszewicz on September 1, 1939 MWP MG15 HeinkelHe111 Gabszewicz.JPG
German MG 15 aerial machine gun, pilot's cap and some debris of a German Heinkel He 111 downed by Aleksander Gabszewicz on September 1, 1939
NameKillsAwardsNotes
Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby" 28DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM(Polish-American)
Gabszewicz, [2] Aleksander Klemens 11DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM*
Gładych, Bolesław Michal "Mike" 17VM***, DFC, AM***, CdGincorrectly listed as 14 kills in Lista Bajana
Głowacki, Antoni 10+1/3DFC, DFM, VM, KW***Głowacki, New Zealander Brian Carbury and Ronald Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots, [3] were the only four "aces in a day", [4] [a] in the Battle of Britain.
Glowczynski, Czeslaw 6
Gnyś, Władysław CdG, DFC, KW*, VM

H

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Horbaczewski, Eugeniusz 'Dziubek' 16.5+4V-1VM*, KW***, DSO, DFC*KIA 18 August 1944

Herbst, Witold Aleksander

I

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Idrain, Ryszard6

J

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Jankowski, Tadeusz13KIA 20 September 1944
Janus, Stefan 6
Jastrzebski, Franciszek6KIA 25 October 1940
Jeka, Jozef 8KIA 13 April 1958

K

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Kalinowski, Victor12
Karnkowski, Stefan7
Klawe, Wlodzimierz7
Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw5KIA 26 January 1942
Kotz, Tadeusz 6VM, DFC
Kremski, Jan Bernard9
Krol, Waclaw Szczepan 9
Kustrzynski, Zbigniew "Zbyshek"18VM***, DFCShot down over France, POW 6.4.42. Escaped Stalag Luft 3 SAGAN with Robert Stanford Tuck in December 1944. Reached England February 1945.

L

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Lanowski, Witold Aleksander6KW & bar, DFC, AM & 10 barsplus 1.6 AIR unclaimed (in USAAF records) & 4.6 GROUND unclaimed (in USAAF records). Unknown number of Bf 109’s destroyed on the ground recorded in 317 squadron records.

incorrectly listed as 2 kills in Lista Bajana

Lapkowski, Waclaw 5 1/3KIA 2 July 1941
Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo" 5VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG

M

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Maciejowski, Michal Miroslaw 11POW 1943
Majewski, Longin7
Mielnecki, Jerzy Andrzej7all V-1s
Mumler, Mieczyslaw 9
Murkowski, Antoni7DFCincluding 4 x V-1s

N

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Nowak, Tadeusz5KIA 21 September 1941
Nowakiewicz, Eugenieusz Jan Adam6
Tadeusz Nowierski5
Nowoczyn, Witold6

P

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Pietrasiak, Adolf 11VM, Cross of Valour, DFM29/11/1943
Pietrzak, Aleksander902/08/1945
Pietrzak, Henryk J 14DFC, KW***, VM
Piotrowski, Maciej6
Pniak, Karol 8
Pomietlarz, Jan5VM, KW**12/16/2012
Popek, Mieczyslaw515/01/1944
Poplawski, Jerzy 5VM (Silver), KW**, DFC21/6/2004
Potocki, Wladyslaw Jan623/2/1996

R

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Rogowski, Jan Aleksander1
Rudowski, Stanislaw12
Rutkowski, Kazimierz 6DFC, VM, KW

S

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Schmidt, Jerzy6KIA 6 December 1944
Siekierski, Jan11
Siwek, Kazimierz11
Stanisław Skalski 21DSO, DFC**, VM*, KW***
Smigielski, Jan5
Sologub, Grzegorz "George" 5DFC,VM,KW**306 Squadron
Sporny, Kazimierz 5DFC, VM, KW**15/5/1949
Surma, Franciszek 5KIA 8 November 1941
Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy"11
Sztramko, Kazimierz7
Szymankiewicz, Teofil7
Szymanski, Tadeusz10

T

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Tronczynski, Stefan6

U

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Urbanowicz, Witold Aleksander 14VM, DFC

W

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Wczelik, Antoni5KIA 14 April 1942
Wesolowski, Marian6
Witorzenc, Stefan 6
Wiza, Franciszek6DFC12/12/1956
Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej 6KIA 1 November 1940
Wunsche, Kazimierz6DFC, VM (Silver), KW**

Z

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Zalebski, Jozef10
Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig 8 11/24DFC, VM, KW***3/1/1986
Żurakowski, Janusz 6DFC, VM, KW**

Key to Awards Abbreviations

AbbreviationAward
AFCAir Force Cross
AM Air Medal
CdG Croix de Guerre
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal
DSC Distinguished Service Cross
DSM Distinguished Service Medal
DSO Distinguished Service Order
KW Krzyż Walecznych (Polish Cross of Valor)
LM Legion of Merit
PR Polonia Restituta (Order of Poland Reborn)
VM Virtuti Militari (Polish Medal: "To Military Valour")

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The term "ace in a day" is used to designate a pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day, based on usual definition of a "flying ace"

References

  1. ↑ Gretzyngier, Robert; Matusiak, Wojtek. (1998). Polish aces of World War 2. London: Osprey. ISBN   1-85532-726-0. OCLC   39957700.
  2. ↑ Uren, Amanda. "1940-1943 Polish RAF airmen". Mashable.
  3. ↑ Aces High,Shores and Williams
  4. ↑ Geissinger, Steve (October 15, 1997). "Manmade Thunder". The Argus-Press . Retrieved July 17, 2011.
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