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No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron

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No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron
306 Squadron logo
Active	1940–1947
Country	United Kingdom
Allegiance	Polish government in exile
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Fighter Squadron
Part of	RAF Fighter Command
Nickname	Toruń
Commanders
Notable commanders	Douglas Scott Tadeusz Rolski Józef Jeka,DFM
Insignia
Squadron codes	UZ (August 1940 – January 1947)

Military unit

No. 306 "Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron (Polish:306 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Toruński") was a Polishfighter squadron formed inGreat Britain as part of an agreement between thePolish Government in Exile and theUnited Kingdom in 1940. It was one of 15 squadrons of thePolish Air Force in exile that served alongside theRoyal Air Force inWorld War II.^[1]

History

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Formed on 29 August 1940^[2] atRAF Church Fenton, the squadron inherited the traditions, along with the emblem and a large part of the initial crew, of the pre-war PolishTorunian Fighter Squadron. The bear climbing a tree (Coat of arms of Madrid) was an emblem of theNo. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, the unit of the first (British) commander of the new squadron, F/Cdr. Douglas Scott.

In the course of its existence, the squadron claimed 68 confirmed kills, 16½ probable, and 26 damaged. Moreover, the crews of the 306 brought down 59V1 flying bombs. It was disbanded on 6 January 1947^[2] after the end ofWorld War II.

Commanding officers

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From	To	Name	Remark
Aug 1940	Dec 1940	S/Ldr. Douglas R. Scott	British Officer
4 September 1940	17 October 1940	Kpt. pil. Tadeusz Rolski	ad interim Polish co-commander
18 October 1940	11 November 1940	Maj. pil. Jerzy Orzechowski	Polish co-commander
Dec 1940	Mar 1941	S/Ldr.D.E. Gilliam,DFC,AFC	British Officer
12 November 1940	30 June 1941	Kpt. pil. Tadeusz Rolski	First as co-commander, from March 1941 as Squadron Leader
1 July 1941	14 August 1941	Kpt. pil. Jerzy Zaremba
15 August 1941	29 August 1941	Por. pil. Jerzy Słoński-Ostoja,VM
30 August 1941	14 April 1941	Maj. pil. Antoni Wczelik
15 April 1941	22 August 1942	Kpt. pil. Tadeusz Czerwiński,KW
23 August 1942	13 March 1943	Kpt. pil. Kazimierz Rutkowski,DFC
14 March 1943	1 January 1944	Kpt. pil Włodzimierz Karwowski
2 January 1944	7 June 1944	Kpt. pil. Stanisław Łapka
8 June 1944	23 June 1944	Kpt. pil. Janusz Marciniak
27 June 1944	25 September 1944	Kpt. pil. Paweł Niemiec
26 September 1944	24 May 1945	Kpt. pil. Józef Żulikowski
25 May 1945	May 1946	Kpt. pil.Józef Jeka,DFM
May 1946	Jan 1947	Kpt. pil. Tadeusz Andersz

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Aircraft

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Hawker Hurricane Mk I – from 4 September 1940
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIA – from 5 April 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I and Mk II – from 12 July 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB – from 11 December 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX – from 29 November 1942
Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB – from 13 March 1943
North American Mustang Mk III – from 26 March 1944

References

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Notes

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^Lewis 1968, pp. 95–97; 125
^^a ^bLewis 1968, p. 96
^Rawlings 1978, p. 393.
^pl:Dywizjon 306

Bibliography

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Delve, Ken.The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994.ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Gretzyngier, Robert.Polish Aces of World War 2, Botley: Osprey Publishing, 1998.
Grodyński, Andrzej S.T. (306 Squadron pilot)The Grodyński Brigade. Charleston: CreateSpace 2013.ISBN 978-1-4812-8367-0.
Halley, James J.The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988.ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, Wing Commander C.G.RAF Squadrons: a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2001.ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
Lewis, Peter, 1968 (1959)Squadron Histories, RFC, RNAS and RAF, Since 1912. London: Putnam. SBN 370-00022-6
Rawlings, John D.R.Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (Revised edition 1976).ISBN 0-354-01028-X.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toNo. 306 (Polish) Squadron RAF.

"306 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Toruński"".polishairforce.pl (in Polish). – historic photographs
"No 306 (Torun) Squadron".Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation.
Hodyra, Piotr."Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940-1947".

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