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The squadron during the Battle of Britain, or shortly after.
Tangmere-West Hampnet, September 1940.
Left: the 303 pilots in readiness. In a center is Zdzislaw
Henneberg. On his left Kazimierz Dzaszewski. Both killed in action later on.
Right:
Witold Lokuciewski (left), Miroslaw Feric and John Kent.
After another successful sortie: Feric (left), Kent, Grzeszczak, Radomski,
Zumbach, Lokuciewski, Mierzwa (partially visible), Henneberg, Rogowski and
Szaposznikow.
 
Left:
P/O Henneberg (left), S/Ldr Kent and P/O Pisarek.
Right: King
George VI visited the unit during the Battle of Britain on September 26. Just
left of him, partly visible is S/Ldr Urbanowicz, who took over after S/Ldr
Krasnodebski was wounded. Presenting pilots is S/Ldr Kellet. King shakes hand
with P/O Feric, who oh his right has P/O Zumbach, F/O Cebrzynski and F/O
Januszewicz.
Left: The first CO, S/Ldr Krasnodebski.
Center: The ace: Witold Urbanowicz in 1944.
Right:
Sgt Szaposznikow.
Group of the 303 ground crew at Lenconsfield. Notice the 126 number chalked on
the fuselage and under the badge, the unit's tally during the Battle of Britain.
 
Left: P/O Paszkiewicz, who scored the first victory for the 303.
Center:
F/Lt Zak and P/O Gladych
Right: Sgt Popek, who
later flew with the Skalski's Circus.
Left: S/Ldr Zumbach in May 1942.
Right: F/Sgt
Giermer. He later became very successful flight instructor in OTUs.
S/Ldr Jan Zumbach (left), W/Cdr Stefan Witorzenc and F/Lt Zygmunt Bienkowski.
Left:
1 September 1942, the Squadron Day. Kirton-in-Lindsey. F/O Majewski
decorated with Cross of Valour by resident Raczkiewicz. On his
right is F/O Marciniak, with F/O Glowacki on his left.
Right: S/Ldr
Kolaczkowski and F/Lt Koc. Both commanded the 303.
 
Left: S/Ldr Drobinski in 1945.
Center: P/O Sawicz in
1941. Toward the end of the war he commanded 131 Polish Wing.Right: P/O Juszczak, lost during a training flight in August 1941.
RAF Northolt May 19, 1942. S/Ldr Zumbach tookes over the command.
Left: P/O Damm killed in action in August 1942.
Center:
F/Sgt T. Szymkowiak KIA
in September 1943.
Right: Miroslaw Szelestowski
Left: F/Lt Bienkowski and S/Ldr Zumbach present the unit's trophy,
part of the Ju88.
Right: F/Lt Bienkowski, F/Lt Ciastula and
P/O Wunsche.
Kirton-in-Lindsey. August 1942.
Publicity photo of the 303 pilots: P/O Mroczyk (left), Sgt Rokitnicki, F/Lt
Bienkowski, Sgt Gorecki, F/O Drobinski, S/Ldr Zumbach, P/O Kolecki, F/O Zarebski
and Sgt Szymkowiak.
Kirton-in-Lindsey. 11 November 1942.
From left: P/O Wojda (also the co-designer with K. Karaszewski of
the Polish Air Force Standard), P/O Kolecki, P/O Podobinski (on wing), F/O
Kobylanski, F/Lt Bienkowski, F/O Majewski, W/Cdr Witorzenc, P/O Glowacki (in
cockpit), F/Sgt Adamek (cockpit), F/Sgt Popek, S/Ldr Zumbach, Sgt Palak, Sgt
Stasik, Sgt Karczmarz, P/O Drobinski, F/O Zarebski. (courtesy of John Wojda)
The squadron's group photo taken at RAF Northolt, in July 1943. (courtesy of Jan Bartkowiak)
 
Left: Northolt, fall 1943. From left: F/O Jenik, F/O Majewski, P/O Bartkowiak,
F/Sgt Gorzenski, ?. Right: W/O Wlodzimierz Chojnacki
23 April 1944. Bally Halbert. From left (only those with visible faces): F/Lt
Kudrewicz, F/Lt Jenik, F/Lt Stasik,
F/O Swietlikowski, F/O Szaposznikow, F/Lt Proktor (503), F/O Franckiewicz, F/O
Marszalek, F/Sgt Zygarlicki, F/Sgt Bienik,
F/Sgt Polilejko (?), F/Sgt Sadowski and F/Sgt Lopuszynski.
On left, W/O Chudek (KIA June 1944) and S/Ldr Jan Falkowski,
who sits in a cockpit on the right photo.
3 June 1944. RAF Horne.
The ceremony of presentation of the 303 badge to General Strahen, Major Cummings
and Captain Chess. This three American officers served in 1919 in Polish no. 7
"Kosciuszko" Squadron, from which the 303 derived.
Hethel, February 1946. CO change: Boleslaw Drobinski being replace by Witold
Lokuciewski.
Sitting, from left
to right: W/O Sznapka, F/O Runc, F/O Haczkiewicz, F/Lt Budzik, S/Ldr
Drobinski, S/Ldr Lokuciewski, F/Lt Zdanowski, F/Lt Maksymowicz and W/O Skrzydlo.
Second row: Sgt Knobelsdorf, Sgt Golowanczuk,
F/Sgt R. Falkowski, Sgt Bachmatiuk, F/O Zborowski, F/O Martens, F/O Gorecki,
F/Lt Jasinski, F/Sgt Zablocki, W/O Kukuc and F/O Kryptowski.
Third row: F/Sgt Zubiel, W/O Lubienski, W/O
Janicki, W/O Bartkowiak, F/O Krok, F/O Broniecki and Cpl Wegrzecki.
Hethel, late 1946.
The last photo of the 303 flying personnel with prominent figures of the PAF.
Sitting from left are: ?, G/Cpt Bajan, S/Ldr Lokuciewski (CO), Gen Izycki, W/Cdr
R.T. Tuck, W/Cdr J. Kowalski, and S/Ldr Lapka.
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