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WOODVALE 1942
May/June
1942.
Pilots
of
the
Flight
B
with
a
group
of
mechanics.
1.Jaworski
2.Malczewski
3.Stefankiewicz
4.Zielonka
5.Czajkowski
6.Polek
7.Nawrocki.
Squadron
pilots
as
of
April
1,
1942.
S/Ldr
Janus.
Flight
"A":
F/Lt
Falkowski
(commander),
F/O
Tarkowski,
F/O
Kornicki,
F/O
Miksa,
F/O
Najbicz,
F/O
Stembrowicz,
F/O
Wyrozemski,
P/O
Semmerling,
F/Sgt
J.
Kowalski,
Sgt
Adamiak,
Sgt
Chudek,
Sgt
Matus
and
Sgt
Jankowski.
Flight
"B":
F/Lt
Czaykowski
(commander),
F/O
J.
Zurakowski,
F/O
Sokolowski,
F/O
Polek,
F/O
Fiedorczuk,
F/O
Gil,
F/O
Sawiak,
P/O
Jaworski,
P/O
Malczewski,
P/O
Zielonka,
Sgt
Cwynar,
Sgt
Nawrocki,
Sgt
J.
Lipinski,
Sgt
Slonski
and
Sgt
Gruszczynski.
Sgt Matus. July 1942.
RAF
Woodvale.
3
May
1942.
Gen
Ujejski
decorating
315
personnel.
Left:
Standing
far
in
the
row
and
little
separated
from
the
rest
are
Falkowski
and
Chudek
who
received
Virtuti
Militari.
Seventh
and
eighth
from
the
right
are
squadron's
adjutant
and
chief
mechanic
who
received
Cross
of
Merit.
Other
five
pilots
were
awarded
Cross
of
Valor
while
the
mechanics
received
Certificate
of
Merit.
Right:
P/O
Stembrowicz
receives
CV.
Next
in
line
is
P/O
Jaworski.
The
same
date.
Gen
Ujejski
inspecting
315's
pilots
in
readiness.
Reporting
is
S/Ldr
Wiorkiewicz.
On
right,
standing
with
Mae
Wests
on
are:
(from
left)
Kornicki,
Andersz,
Sawiak,
Zajac
and
Tarkowski.
A General's personal handshake was always appreciated. Presenting themsleves (from left): F/Lt Kornicki, F/O Andersz, F/O Sawiak (obscured by S/Ldr Wiorkieiwcz), F/O Zajac, F/O Tarkowski, F/Sgt Adamiak, P/O Malczewski, F/Sgt Cwynar, F/Sgt Lipinski and F/Sgt Chudek.
S/Ldr
Janus
shakes
hand
with
F/O
Najbicz
on
his
departure
to
1
Polish
Fighter
Wing
at
Northolt.
August
14,
1942.
The
Squadron's
Day.
Lady
Jersey
visiting
with
her
girl
friends.
On
left
sitting
is
F/Lt
Czaykowski.
Behind
him
standing
is
Sgt
Gruszczynski.
Fourth
from
right
(with
a
cigarette)
is
F/O
Stembrowicz. Talking
to
the
"Mom"
(woman
on
right)
is
F/Lt
Walerian
Jesionowski.
Left:
The Squadron's Day. 14 August 1942.
Who's
an
attraction
here?
PK-Y
(AR431)
or
the
ladies? Right:
1942. F/O Stembrowicz with two Wafkas, as the Poles
used to call them, seating on a Spitfire's (PK-C, BM597) port wing.
 
Left: May
1942.
Wyrozemski
(left),
Zajac,
Semmerling,
Jankowski
and
Najbicz.
Right:
Part
of
the
Ju88
shot
down
by
F/O
Sawiak
over
Ireland.
He
was
credited
with
a
damaged
aircraft,
but
the
Junkers
crash
landed
in
Ireland.
 
Left: Some
guest
pilot
before
a
test/joy
flight.
Center:
F/O
Schmidt
pulling
battery
cable
who
joined
the
squadron
in
May
that
year.
He
died
ditching
in
the
middle
of
the
North
Sea
upon
squadron's
return
from
mission
to
Norway.
Right:
F/O
Zajac
seating
on
the
Spitfire's
cowling.
 
F/O Skrzypecki
(holding propeller's blade), the
squadron's technical officer, and scene
from the squadron's disperse area.
The
315
engineers
at
work.
Although
Woodvale
wasn't
the
front-line
station,
their
workload
didn't
lighten
much.
 
Left:
PK-M,
AD230. Like all the other 315 aircraft, this
plane remained in Woodvale and became JH-M of No. 317 Squadron.
Right:
From left: Sawiak (died in hospital in Dublin), Malec,
Tarkowski, Lisowski,
Eugeniusz Malczewski and Sgt Dukalski.
(W.
Matusiak)
Picture
taken
during
the
visit
of
Polish
Navy
officers
(black
uniforms)
at
Woodvale.
First
on
right
is
F/Sgt
Matus.
In
a
middle
(MaeWest)
is
Sgt
Nawrocki. On left Sgt Gruszczynski.
Left:
Sgt
Laskowski
visiting
the
315
Sqn.
(W.
Matusiak)
Right:
Fuselage
of
the
PK-W, W3628,
in
a
repair
jig.
It
was
either
the
aircraft
in
which
on
16
July
1942,
Sgt
Nawrocki
was
killed,
or AB247
after
taxing
collision
of
Gila
and
Cwynar.
About
a
month
before
Nawrocki's
accident
the
pattern
of
the
RAF
roundel
was
changed.
(The
de
Havilland
Witney
Association
via
Adam
Middleton)
 
Left:
One
of
the
unit's
Spitfire
about
to
be
refueled.
Right:
The
mobile
canteen.
Second
from
left
is
Sgt
Nawrocki.
F/O Tarkowski (left) and P/O Kondracki who joined the unit for a short period during rest in Woodvale. (Courtesy of Matt McCarthy)
The Squadron Day fly past.
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