The 123rd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 123. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.
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History
In September 1939 the 123rd Fighter Escadrille was part of the Pursuit Brigade. Some reports say that the 123rd Escadrille was a Kraków Army "Eskadra" (Flight) attached to the Brygada Poscigowa for the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Its 120 series Flight number indicates that claim. Reference: "Ciel de Gloire" website.
Crew and equipment
On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.7a airplanes.
The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Leonard Olszewski his deputy ppor. pil. Erwin Kawnik and 11 other pilots:
- ppor. Stanisław Chałupa
- ppor. Jerzy Czerniak
- ppor. Feliks Szyszka
- pchor. Władysław Bożek
- pchor. Stanisław Czternastek
- pchor. Antoni Danek
- pchor. Tadeusz Kratke
- kpr.Henryk Flame
- kpr. Stanisław Widlarz
- st. szer. Eugeniusz Nowakiewicz
- st. szer. Stanisław Zięba
References
Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA