No. 317 Squadron Picture Gallery
FACES




Left: S/Ldr Brzezina (left), soon before being replaced as the CO by F/Lt Szczesny (right). Right: President Raczkiewicz talks with S/Ldr Brzezina during his visit to the squadron, with G/Cpt Walter in a middle.



Late 1941. No. 317 Squadron at shooting range.
From left: F/O  Hrycak, F/O Lanowski, P/O Borusiewicz, F/Sgt B. Malinowski, F/O Lukaszewicz, F/O Malinowski, F/O  Koc, F/O Xsiezopolski, F/O Trzebinski, F/O Martel, F/Lt Ozyra, F/O Szumowski, S/Ldr Szczesny, Sgt Domagala, F/O Solak, P/O Janicki, F/O Zbrozek, F/O Bochniak, F/O Kratke, Sgt Kuryllowicz, P/O Bobola.


From left: Stanislaw Brzeski, Zbigniew Czaykowsi, Ludwik Martel, Wladyslaw Pucek and Karol Wojcik, the first pilot lost by the squadron.


From left: Stanislaw Lukaszewicz, Przeslaw Sadowski, Marek Slonski, Kazimierz Sztramko, Teofil Szymankiewicz.


From Left: Marian Trzebinski, Jan Wisniewski, Lech Xsiezopolski, Jerzy Zbrozek, Piotr Ozyra.


From left: Stanislaw Brzezina, Pawel Niemiec, Wladyslaw Pawlowski, Piotr Bobola, Janusz Walawski.


From left: Stanislaw Bochniak, Jan Malinowski, Marian Cholewka, Stanislaw Elmerych, Wladyslaw Grobelny.


From left: Marian Chelmecki, Adam Kolczynski, Tadeusz Koc, Tadeusz Kumiega, Witold Lanowski.


From left: Michal Maciejowski, Florian Martini, Jerzy Mencel, Piotr Ostaszewski, Kazimierz Karaszewski.


From left: Jozef Brzezinski,Wojciech Popiel, Zbigniew Janicki and Walenty Kierski.


Left: Germany, end of war. Officers of 131 Wing and 317 Squadron. From left: Marian Cholewka, Sienkiewicz, Marian Trzebinski, Adam Jenik, Jerzy Szymankiewicz and Stanislaw Bochniak. Right: RAF Ouston in 1941. Flight "A" pilots: Martel (left), Sikorski and Wojcik.


Left: Sergeants Lewczynski and Hanzelka, both later killed in their aircraft. Right: The unit's chief mechanic Urbanski.


Left: Marian Domagala. Right: Wojciech Banach and Stanislaw Birtus.

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The squadron's flying personnel in Woodvale on october 31, 1942.
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ALG Chailey, May 1944.
On engine Boleslaw Palej. Standing from left: Antoni Wegrzyn, Henryk Knapik, Edwin Malinowski, Edward Jaworski, Wladyslaw Leon Pawlowski, Sergiusz Maciejewski, Tadeusz Owczarski, Zenobiusz Wdowczynski and Adam Kolczynski.


ALG Chailey. From left: F/O Jaworski, F/O Hrycak, F/O Owczarski, F/Sgt Fraczek, F/Sgt Zych, F/O Kolczynski, P/O Krzeminski, F/Sgt Wdowczynski, S/Ldr Miksa, F/O Knapik, F/Lt Martel, F/O Wegrzyn and F/O J. Kowalski.

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