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	303 Squadron 1
		Tadeusza Kosiuszki (303 Warsaw Thaddeus Kosiuszko's Fighter Squadron) at Northolt.
		Mirek was officially discharged from the RAF Volunteer reserve and rejoined the Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom on 6th August 1940.
		The squadron claimed 10 aircraft shot down from the sortie, of which Mirek, as detailed in his Combat Report, had destroyed an ME109E (also known as the Bf109) and shared a Dornier Do 215 with Sgt Andruszkow.
	www.wojciechowski.freeserve.co.uk /miw/303-1.htm (991 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Polish September Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Polish forces abandoned regions of Pomerania, Greater Poland and Silesia in the first week of the campaign, after a series of battles known as the battle of the border.
		The Polish air force was destroyed on the ground in the first days of the war: The Polish Air Force, though numerically inferior and lacking modern fighters, was not destroyed on the ground because combat units had been moved from air bases to small camouflaged airfields shortly before the war.
		303 \"Kościuszko\" Polish Fighter Squadron formed from Polish pilots in the United Kingdom almost 2 months after the Battle of Britain begun is famous for achieving the highest number of enemy kills during the Battle of Britain of all fighter squadrons then in operation.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Polish_September_Campaign (6240 words)

	Battle of Britain Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The German strategy was influenced by pre-war theories of strategic bombing, with specialised fighters, that stressed the weakness of air defence and the effects of terror bombing on public morale.
		Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, many having vast pre-war flying experience and had already fought in the September Campaign in Poland and the Battle of France.
		This squadron would later be re-numbered as the RCAF's 401 "City of Westmount" Squadron, in line with the RAF's policy of numbering Dominion units flying with the RAF in the 400-series to avoid confusion with similarly-numbered RAF units (this numbering system is still used by Canadian air squadrons to honour their World War II contributions).
	www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Britain (8428 words)

	Polish September Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Polish September Campaign or Defensive War of 1939 (Polish: Wojna obronna 1939 roku) was the conquest of Poland by the armies of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small contingent of Slovak forces during the Second World War.
		Polish forces then begun a withdrawal south-east, Following a plan that called for long defence in the Romanian bridgehead area, where the Polish forces were to await expected Western Allies counterattack and relief.
		No. 303 "Ko&347;ciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron formed from Polish pilots in United Kingdom almost 2 months after the Battle of Britain begun is famous for achieving the highest number of enemy kills during the Battle of Britain of all fighter squadrons then in operation.
	polish-september-campaign.iqnaut.net (7240 words)

	A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two, by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known, and brilliantly told story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal by the United States and England at the end of World War II.
		Centering on five pilots of the renowned Kościuszko Squadron, the authors show how the fliers, driven by their passionate desire to liberate their homeland, came to be counted among the most heroic and successful fighter pilots of World War II.
		Drawing on the Kościuszko Squadron’s unofficial diary -- filled with the fliers' personal experiences in combat -- and on letters, interviews, memoirs, histories, and photographs, the authors bring the men and battles of the squadron vividly to life.
	www.questionofhonor.com /questionofhonor.htm (1021 words)

	The Ultimate Battle of Britain Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		With many pilots from the Dominions already serving in Fighter Command—Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders and Canadians—they were bolstered by the arrival of fresh Czechoslovakian and Polish squadrons.
		Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the September Campaign in Poland and the Battle of France.
		303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all the fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Battle_of_Britain (5190 words)

	Pearl Harbor (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		303 Polish Fighter Squadron and are, in fact, Hawker Hurricanes.
		During the attack on Pearl Harbor in the movie, the P-40N model of the P-40 Warhawk U.S. fighter aircraft is shown.
		Neither plane was that nimble, although the Zero was the most feared fighter of the Pacific War until the F6F Hellcat debuted in 1943.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_Harbor_(movie) (3220 words)

	Battle of Britain - LiveVideo.com
		Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France.
		The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
		Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945.
	www.livevideo.com /video/24029486B2CB4C359663BE366195B987/battle-of-britain.aspx (758 words)

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		Frantisek was sent to a Polish aviation depot in Blackpool, and on 2 August 1940 left for Northolt airfield, where the 303rd Polish Fighter Squadron was being formed.
		The next day, the Squadron took off (at 14:45) and was vectored to Dover, where Frantisek again shot down an enemy fighter for his second kill in the "Battle of Britain".
		Note the Czechoslovak national insignia under the cockpit, and that Polish 303rd aircraft during that period were not painted with the white and red checkboards that adorned aircraft later in the war.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/frantis/frantis.htm (1817 words)

	The Hawker Hurricane
		British fighters had traditionally used the heavier and older Vickers machine gun, which was prone to jams, and so fighters armed with them usually were restricted to two guns, mounted in the nose ahead of the cockpit, where the pilot could get at them to clear the jams.
		Further clashes followed, with the Hawker fighter demonstrating that it was as formidable in combat as it had promised to be.
		Turret fighters were something of a fad at the time, the idea being that it gave the fighter the flexibility to shoot at a target from any angle of attack, though in practice the scheme would prove clumsy and unworkable.
	www.vectorsite.net /avhurr.html (7703 words)

	WW II ACE STORIES
		Canadian ace John Kent 12 years later as Wing Commander Kent DFC when I was introduce to him as a young airman at the end of the war, I was also able to sit in the cockpit of Douglas Baders personal Spitfire as an air cadet when he was the co at Northweald.
		Polish fighter pilots took part in two hard and great air battles, where they achieved 16 confirmed kills.
		On July 2nd, 1941, the squadron escorted 12 "Blenheim's" on a mission to attack the electric facility at Lille.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/pisarek/pisarek.htm (1987 words)

	WW II ACE STORIES
		Polish pilots claimed 5 destroyed "Messers'", but Germans from JG 26 lost at least 2 Bf 109s.
		The Geschwaderkommodore Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland took off, despite wounds he had received when he was shot down on 21 June, and despite the fact that he had received orders that forbade him to take part in air combat since he was decorated with the Swords to the Knight´s Cross with Oak Leaves.
		According to German reports, JG 2 and JG 26 lost 77 fighters on the "Channel front" during the period 22 June - 31 October 1941.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/galland/galland.htm (791 words)

	YouTube - Battle of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron.
		The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
		Polish Pilots in Battle Of Britain 308 Fighter Squadron
	www.youtube.com /?v=z9EmAM9A5-A (756 words)

	P51 Mustang Royal Air Force
		This was the sixth Polish squadron formed in the RAF from expatriate airmen to continue the fight against Nazi Germany.
		At this time the unit was led by the legendary Squadron Leader Eugeniusz Horbaczewski (nicknamed "Dzubek") who was to achieve 16½ victories in the air (5½ in the Mustang) plus 4 V1's downed.
		The outstanding air battle for 315 squadron occurred on August 18, 1944 when it engaged over 60 Luftwaffe fighters near Beauvais and destroyed 16 ME 109's and FW 190's for the loss of one of their own, which sadly was that of Dzubek himself.
	www.aviationartprints.com /p51_mustang_raf.htm (514 words)

	The Battle of Britain - Home Page
		This section explains the background to the Battle, from the start of the war to the 31st October 1940.
		The sections include a background to the opening stages of the war, the organisation of Fighter Command and the Luftwaffe units arrayed against them, and the four phases of the Battle, which were quite distinct as events altered the course of the conflict.
		To use this section, which will build over the period of the Battle, click on one of the links below to go to the page of interest.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bob1940/briefing.html (125 words)

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