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, Mieczyslaw8KIA 18 May 1944
Akenamdy, Prince Stefan
Arct, Bogdan Stanislaw5

B

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Bargielowski, Jakub6 + 2 V-1s
Bartlomiejczyk, Czeslaw1 + 6 V-1s
Belc, Marian7DFCKIFA 27 August 1942
Beyer, Andrzej8
Blok, Stanislaw6
Brzeski, Stanislaw13 1/2DSO, DFC**

C

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef7
Cholajda, Antoni "Ghandi"8
Chudek, Aleksandr9KIA 23 June 1944
Cwynar, Michal13
Czerwubski, Tadeusz7

D

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

F

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Falkowski, Jan Pavel9DFC
Ferić, Mirosław "Ox" 10VM, 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" 18VM***, 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] [lower-alpha 1] in the Battle of Britain.
Glowczynski, Czeslaw6
Gnyś, Władysław CdG, DFC, KW*, VM

H

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Henneberg, Zdzislaw Karol9MIA 12 April 1941
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, Stefan6
Jastrzebski, Franciszek6KIA 25 October 1940
Jeka, Jozef8KIA 13 April 1958

K

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Kalinowski, Victor12
Karnkowski, Stefan7
Karubin, Stanislaw7KIFA 12 August 1941
Klawe, Wlodzimierz7
Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw5KIA 26 January 1942
Kotz, Tadeusz 6VM, DFC
Kowalski Roch, Julian5KM & 3 bars, VM, DCFSee his story here :- http://bbm.org.uk/airmen/KowalskiJ302.htm
Kremski, Jan Bernard9
Krol, Waclaw Szczepan9
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, Waclaw7KIA 2 July 1941
Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo" 8VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG

M

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Maciejowski, Michal Miroslaw11POW 1943
Majewski, Longin7
Mielnecki, Jerzy Andrzej7all V-1s
Mumler, Mieczyslaw9
Murkowski, Antoni7DFCincluding 4 x V-1s

N

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

P

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Paszkiewicz, Ludwik Witold "Paszko"6KIA 27/09/1940
Pietrasiak, Adolf11VM, Cross of Valour, DFM29/11/1943
Pietrzak, Aleksander902/08/1945
Pietrzak, Henryk J 14DFC, KW***, VM
Piotrowski, Maciej6
Pisarek, Marian 13VM (Gold), KW***, DFC29/04/1942
Pniak, Karol 8
Pomietlarz, Jan5VM, KW**12/16/2012
Popek, Mieczyslaw515/01/1944
Poplawski, Jerzy5VM (Silver), KW**, DFC21/6/2004
Potocki, Wladyslaw Jan623/2/1996

R

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Radomski, Jerzy5
Rogowski, Jan Aleksander7
Rudowski, Stanislaw12
Rutkowski, Kazimierz6DFC, 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, Kazimierz5DFC, VM, KW**15/5/1949
Surma, Franciszek5KIA 8 November 1941
Szaposznikow, Eugeniusz Miroslaw9
Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy"11
Sztramko, Kazimierz7
Szymankiewicz, Teofil7
Szymanski, Tadeusz10

T

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Tronczynski, Stefan6

U

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Urbanowicz, Witold Aleksander 17VM, DFC

W

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Wczelik, Antoni5KIA 14 April 1942
Wesolowski, Marian6
Witorzenc, Stefan6
Wiza, Franciszek6DFC12/12/1956
Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej6KIA 1 November 1940
Wojciechowski, Miroslav Ignacy5
Wunsche, Kazimierz6DFC, VM (Silver), KW**

Z

NameKillsAwardsNotes
Zalebski, Jozef10
Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig 14DFC, 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"

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