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fighters. During the air battles over Warsaw the escadrille's commanding officer managed to down one enemy fighter, but was then shot down and wounded. The command was taken over by his deputy, Lt. Januszewicz. The following day the escadrille did not encounter any enemy formations. On
September 3 a
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Karubin downed two enemy fighters. However, at the same time another flight led by Ferić was dispersed and had to return to base. One of its pilots did not return to the escadrille until
September 10.
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the enemy formation was intercepted and forced to retreat, dropping their bombs on uninhabited areas. Lt. Palusiński downed one enemy
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Squadron), in which both Polish and
American volunteers served.
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intercepted a formation of enemy Bf 110 fighters over
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229:and provided air cover for the nearby city of
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493:(in Czech). Letectvi.wz.cz. Archived from
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638:Polskie eskadry w Wojnie Obronnej 1939
415:Jan Kołcon (later RAF warrant officer)
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551:Użycie lotnictwa we wrześniu 1939 r.
619:Polskie eskadry w latach 1918-1939
291:. Its commanding officer downed a
249:heavy fighters. Over the area of
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18:111th Fighter Escadrille (Poland)
190:. During one of the sorties Lt.
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356:No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron
201:In 1939 it was attached to the
834:Recco/Light bomber Escadrilles
453:st. szer. Kazimierz Wróblewski
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409:pchor. Mieczysław Rozwadowski
1005:Polish Air Force escadrilles
584:(in Polish). Archived from
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450:st. szer. Kazimierz Wünsche
319:on September 9 (Ferić) and
49:3rd Military Air Escadrille
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447:st. szer. Stefan Wojtowicz
172:Polish 18th Air Escadrille
521:Polska Witryna Modelarska
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235:Polish September Campaign
168:Polish 7th Air Escadrille
152:Polish 7th Air Escadrille
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219:III/1 dywizjon myśliwski
121:111th Fighter Escadrille
64:111th Fighter Escadrille
59:121st Fighter Escadrille
967:Naval Recco Escadrilles
896:Observation Escadrilles
578:"111 Eskadra Myśliwska"
403:pchor. Zbigniew Janicki
400:pchor. Władysław Drecki
491:Letectvi.wz.cz website
444:st. szer. Henryk Szope
434:Eugeniusz Szaposznikow
406:pchor. Janusz Maciński
397:ppor. Jerzy Palusiński
276:. Lt. Januszewicz and
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133:111. eskadra myśliwska
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69:303rd Fighter Squadron
636:Jerzy Pawlak (1982).
617:Jerzy Pawlak (1989).
485:Pavel Soukup (2005).
382:and 16 other pilots:
223:Zdzisław Krasnodębski
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74:1st Tactical Squadron
40:Kościuszko's Squadron
458:Notes and references
394:ppor. Janusz Łabicki
380:Wojciech Januszewicz
262:Messerschmitt Bf 109
247:Messerschmitt Bf 110
692:Fighter Escadrilles
548:Izabela Wieczorek.
517:"Witold Urbanowicz"
515:Artur Gołębiewski.
778:Bomber Escadrilles
362:Crew and equipment
270:Stefan Pawlikowski
207:Commander in Chief
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54:7th Air Escadrille
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372:Gustaw Sidorowicz
352:Polish Air Forces
209:. As part of the
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176:Cedric Fauntleroy
145:Polish-Soviet War
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243:World War II
239:Westerplatte
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979:Short Range
141:Polish Army
994:Categories
974:Long Range
592:2006-04-14
562:2006-04-14
531:2006-04-14
501:2006-04-14
370:(Captain)
330:After the
327:fighters.
156:Kościuszko
487:"PZL P11"
439:st. szer.
413:st. sierż
376:porucznik
325:PZL P.11c
180:PZL P.11c
607:General:
582:Myśliwcy
466:In-line:
346:and the
309:Ostrożec
278:Corporal
227:Zielonka
221:) under
170:and the
149:war-time
368:kapitan
340:Romania
285:Zaborów
274:Wyszków
162:History
137:fighter
123:of the
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344:France
336:Poland
332:Soviet
305:Lublin
289:Leszno
251:Modlin
231:Warsaw
215:Polish
129:Polish
432:kpr.
419:plut.
387:ppor.
311:near
301:Kierz
184:Sarny
642:ISBN
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425:kpr.
313:Łuck
267:Col.
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