Left: the first Hurricanes delivered to the squadron. Right: Bochniak on top of the JH-B. 

Left: Sgt Domagala Right: Sgt Wojcik.
Looks like both pictures were taken in front of the same aircraft.

Left: Sgt Kratke leaning against the propeller of one of the 317 Hurricanes. Right: The squadron's Hurricane serviced at Colerne.

 
The Spitfire named "Hala" or JH-H, assigned  to P/O Bochniak.

Deatiled cockpit area of the "Hala".

Left: Enjoying the Spitfires. Sgt Grobelny (left), P/O Cholewka, P/O Trzebinski and P/O Zbrozek. Right: More details of the JH-H named "Hala".

F/O Lanowski, probably Northolt 1943.


Above: Spitfire VB, AD140, at Northolt. Below, its color profile.

 
Left: A field mess celebrated at the unit. Notice the Westland Wapiti aircraft in a background.

 



Left: Sgt Baranowski (POW) in front of the Spitfire, which cowling details define unmistakably Mark V. Right: The unit's aircraft being tank-up at Northolt.

 
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F/O Jaworski by his JH-Z at ALG Chailey, May 1944.

Above: F/Lt Martini in the cockpit of Spitfire IX. Notice the signs of the recent paint job. The squadrons logo is painted over another one, probably denoting the 306 (Polish) squadron. Below: the same officer and his JH-N, which was delivered fresh from the factory in May 1944. Aircraft was shot up by flak on May 21, 1944, and then shot on a week later while piloted by F/Lt Pentz (POW).

Servicing the Spitfire LEIX, probably at one of the first weeks after the squadron moved to the continent.

 
JH Spitfire with a rather rarely seen letter X. In front of it are Mencel (left), Szumowski and Kumiega.

Spitfire IX at ALG Chailey, May 1944.

The JH planes being serviced early 1945, probably at Grimbergen.

Above and below: the Spitfire IX ML293, early 1945 in Belgium. The aircraft pictured are fitted with slipper fuel tanks what required the 500 bomb rack to be removed. Standard markings and camouflage of the 2 TAF. Notice the lack of the squadron's badge aft the cockpit. On the color profile, aircraft is sporting 250 lb bomb, two of which were hanged under wings.

After being displayed during the exhibition late in 1945, this Spitfire TB581 which served in 317 since May that year, was discarded and then probably destroyed somewhere in Warsaw. Originally lent to the National Museum, this and another Spitfire, were eventually donated to the Polish People Republic by the British.

Ludwik Martel, the 317 Squadron veteran by the modern day flying Spitfire painted in the squadrons colors.

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