Polish 152nd Fighter Escadrille

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The 152. Fighter Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the start of the Second World War. In 1939 the unit was attached to the Modlin Army.

Polish Air Force Aerial warfare branch of Polands armed forces

The Polish Air Force is the aerial warfare military branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej. In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ten bases throughout Poland.

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Modlin Army

Modlin Army was one of the Polish armies that took part in the Invasion of Poland in 1939. After heavy casualties in the battle of Mława, the Army was forced to abandon its positions near Warsaw around September 10; eventually it took part in the battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and surrendered afterwards.

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Equipment

9 PZL P.11c and 1 PZL P.11a airplanes.

Air Crew

Commanding officer: kpt. pil. Włodzimierz Łazoryk

Deputy Commander: por.pil.Marian Imiela

Pilots:

  1. ppor.pil.Jan Bury-Burzymski
  2. ppor.pil.Anatol Piotrowski
  3. pchor.pil.Mieczysław Babiański
  4. pchor.pil.Stanisław Kędzierski
  5. pchor.pil.Mieczysław Waszkiewicz
  6. plut.pil.Marian Bełc
  7. kpr.pil.Stanisław Brzeski
  8. kpr.pil.Antoni Joda
  9. kpr.pil.Aleksander Popławski
  10. st.szer.pil.Mieczysław Popek

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