Polish 142nd Fighter Escadrille

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142. Fighter Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the start of the Second World War. The unit was attached to the Pomorze Army.

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Equipment

PZL P.11c PZL 11c.svg
PZL P.11c

10 PZL P.11c airplanes.

Air Crew

Commanding officer: kpt. pil. Mirosław Leśniewski
Deputy Commander: por. Wacław Wilczewski

Pilots

  1. por. Jerzy Słoński-Ostoja
  2. por. rez. Stanisław Zieliński
  3. ppor. Jan Czapiewski
  4. ppor. Stanisław Skalski
  5. ppor. Paweł Zenker
  6. pchor. Leon Jaugsch
  7. pchor. Stanisław Kogut
  8. pchor. Karol Pniak
  9. kpr. Zygmunt Klein
  10. kpr. Antoni Łysek
  11. kpr. Jan Śmigielski
  12. kpr. Ludwik Weywer
  13. kpr. Stanisław Wieprzkowicz
  14. kpr. Mirosław Wojciechowski
  15. st. szer. Winicjusz Barański
  16. st. szer. Leon Kosmowski
  17. st. szer. Zenon Kowalski
  18. st. szer. Leon Spindel

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