The 306 Squadron - Faces

Ternhill, March 1941. Sitting from left: P/O Langhamer, P/O Petruszka, P/O M. Skalski, partially visible F/O Zielinski, F/O Nowak, F/Lt Skiba, F/O Wiktorczyk (doctor). Standing in the center is Sgt Jeka.

In October 1942, the 306 flew its 100th "Sweep". This picture commemorates this occasion.
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Northolt, probably late 1942. Pilots briefing. Second from right is P/O Jeka, fifth Sgt Pomietlarz with F/O Kurowski on his right. Courtesy John Kaye.

Left: Kazimierz Rutkowski. Center: Two Wladyslaws, Sliwinski and Potocki. Sliwinski was executed by the Polish Communist government after his return to Poland in 1946. Right: F/Sgt Henryk Marchewicz. His short operational flying with the 306 was a result of an injury. His section was attacked by Messerschmitts when in readiness on the detached airstrip named Bolt Head. Grave injury to his nose prevented him from using an oxygen mask. He later flew with ADFs and as an instructor in flying schools.

Left: P/O Grzegorz Sologub later became an ace with 5 enemy aircraft destroyed. Right: F/Lt Jan Kurowski. Courtesy John Kaye

 
Left: Wladyslaw Nowak. Right: Northolt, second half of 1942. Sitting in a front row are: F/O Jeka, F/Lt  Gil, P/O Pietrzak, ?. In a back row:  P/O  Pentz, F/O Lanowski and F/O  Szpakowicz .

 
From right:  Skalski, Kaczmarek, Pietrzak, Z. Radomski, Marcisz, Machowiak, Landsman. Partially visible, behind the man in a trench coat is Drecki. First two from left are Kaczynski and Sologub behind him. 

Standing from left: Sgt Zygmunt Rozworski, Sgt Witold Krupa, Sgt Lurzynski, Sgt  Jan Gajewski, P/O Leon Kosmowski, visiting priest from USA, F/O Andrzej Sendorek, F/O Jan Kurowski, F/O Grzegorz Sologub, Chaplin Walenty Nowacki, Sgt Arkadiusz Bondarczuk, F/O Jozef Gil, F/O Jozef Zulikowski. Back row: F/Sgt Jan Smigielski, ?, P/O Jozef Jeka (behind him visible head of Jerzy Polak), P/O Wladyslaw Potocki,  Jerzego Polaka.

Probably Church-Stanton before April 1942. 
First row from left: F/Lt Tadeusz Czerwinski, S/Ldr Antoni Wczelik, P/O Bogdan Arct, Sgt Zygmunt Rozworski, standing is F/O Korneliusz Gorniak. Back row (left): F/O Edmund Krzeminski, F/O Kazimierz Rutkowski, F/O Stach Kedzierski, Sgt Witold Krupa, ?.

Left: The only Czech pilot in the 306 F/O Jaroslaw Studeny. Middle: Zdzislaw Radomski. On 27 Sep 1941, during dog fight over France, the German 20mm shell blew off his left arm. He remained conscious and managed to land his aircraft safely. Right: Stanislaw Marcisz.

Pilots in 1942. From left: ?, Kopczynski, Marcisz, Kaczmarek, Sologub, Skalski, Pietrzak, Jasinski, Landsman and Machowiak. Unfortunately, the Dalmatian hasn't been positively identified yet.

Left: In front of the UZ-K, BS403: Czachla (left), Jelinski, Kedzierski, Arct (holding a china duck), Sliwinski, Potocki, Smigielski. Right: Flyers don't like to walk. Cyclists from left: Kedzierski, Jelinski and Arct, with Smigielski and Potocki behind him. In background, the same BS403, aircraft of OC S/Ldr Rutkowski.

 
Left: Pomietlarz and Krzehlik. Right: Rozworski, Jeka and Kordasiewicz.

Left: Marcisz (left), Jelinski and Polak Right: Potocki (left), Polak, Jelinski and Nowacki.

 
Left: Kordasiewicz's funeral. Brenk (left), G/Cpt Mumler, G/Cpt Adams, Zulikowski, S/Ldr Rutkowski, Pietrzak and Sologub. Right: P/O Pietrzak being congratulated. Right: Zdzislaw Langhamer. Probably taken after the 500th (Pietrzak) and 501st (Langhamer) victories scored by the PAF pilots achieved on 31 December 1942.

Left: Northolt, September 1942. The 306 pilots with the Polish Air Force Colors (from left): P/O Jozef Jeka, Sgt Jan Jankowiak, Sgt Wawzryniec Jasinski and Cpl STanislaw Filary. Right: S/Ldr Karwowski, the unit's CO between March 1943 and January 1944 (Pamela Karwowski via Malcolm Laird)

F/O Wladslaw szajda (Picture courtesy of www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com)

Franciszek Tomczak: by Spitfire at Northolt in1942 and Mustang at Coolham in 1944. 
Notice a big loss of pilot's hair. It is safe to say that the stress of combat flying must have contributed to it - notice also
a visible strain on faces of Krzehlik and Pomietlarz, on the picture in a middle of the page.

 
Andrews Field, 1945. Second from right is Grzegorz Sologub.

Left: F/Lt Siekierski, S/Ldr Zulikowski and F/O Grzybowski. Right: Stefan Tronczynski

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