List of World War II aces from Poland

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Adamek, Mieczyslaw	8		KIA 18 May 1944
Akenamdy, Prince Stefan
Arct, Bogdan Stanislaw	5

B

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Bargielowski, Jakub	8 including 2 x V-1s
Bartlomiejczyk, Czeslaw	7 including 6 x V-1s
Belc, Marian	7	DFC	KIFA 27 August 1942
Beyer, Andrzej	8
Blok, Stanislaw	6
Brzeski, Stanislaw	12	DSO, DFC**

C

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef	7
Cholajda, Antoni "Ghandi"	8
Chudek, Aleksandr	9		KIA 23 June 1944
Cwynar, Michal	13
Czerwubski, Tadeusz	7

D

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Drobinski, Boleslaw H "Ski"	7
Dudwal, Hieronim	6		KIA in France 7 June 1940

F

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Falkowski, Jan Pavel	9	DFC
Ferić, Mirosław "Ox"	10	VM, KW**, DFC	KIFA 14 February 1942
Feruga, Jozef	5

G

German MG 15 aerial machine gun, pilot's cap and some debris of a German Heinkel He-111 downed by Aleksander Gabszewicz on September 1, 1939

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby"		DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM	(Polish-American)
Gabszewicz, Aleksander Klemens	11	DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM*
Gładych, Bolesław Michal "Mike"	18	VM***, DFC, AM***, CdG
Głowacki, Antoni	9	DFC, DFM, VM, KW***	Became an ace in 1 day
Glowczynski, Czeslaw	6
Gnyś, Władysław		CdG, DFC, KW*, VM

H

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Henneberg, Zdzislaw Karol	9		MIA 12 April 1941
Horbaczewski, Eugeniusz 'Dziubek'	16.5	VM*, KW***, DSO, DFC*	KIA 18 August 1944

Herbst, Witold Aleksander

I

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Idrain, Ryszard	6

J

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Jankowski, Tadeusz	13		KIA 20 September 1944
Janus, Stefan	6
Jastrzebski, Franciszek	6		KIA 25 October 1940
Jeka, Jozef	8		KIA 13 April 1958

K

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Kalinowski, Victor	12
Karnkowski, Stefan	7
Karubin, Stanislaw	7		KIFA 12 August 1941
Klawe, Wlodzimierz	7
Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw	5		KIA 26 January 1942
Kotz, Tadeusz	6	VM, DFC
Kowalski Roch, Julian	5
Kremski, Jan Bernard	9
Krol, Waclaw Szczepan	9

L

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Lanowski, Witold Aleksander	7
Lapkowski, Waclaw	7		KIA 2 July 1941
Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo"	8	VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG

M

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Maciejowski, Michal Miroslaw	11		POW 1943
Majewski, Longin	7
Mielnecki, Jerzy Andrzej	7		all V-1s
Mumler, Mieczyslaw	9
Murkowski, Antoni	7	DFC	including 4 x V-1s

N

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Nowak, Tadeusz	5		KIA 21 September 1941
Nowakiewicz, Eugenieusz Jan Adam	6
Tadeusz Nowierski	5
Nowoczyn, Witold	6

P

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Paszkiewicz, Ludwik Witold "Paszko"	6		KIA 27/09/1940
Pietrasiak, Adolf	11	VM, Cross of Valour, DFM	29/11/1943
Pietrzak, Aleksander	9		02/08/1945
Pietrzak, Henryk J	14	DFC, KW***, VM
Piotrowski, Maciej	6
Pisarek, Marian	13	VM (Gold), KW***, DFC	29/04/1942
Pniak, Karol	8
Pomietlarz, Jan	5
Popek, Mieczyslaw	5		15/01/1944
Poplawski, Jerzy	5	VM (Silver), KW**, DFC	21/6/2004
Potocki, Wladyslaw Jan	6		23/2/1996

R

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Radomski, Jerzy	5
Rogowski, Jan Aleksander	7
Rudowski, Stanislaw	12
Rutkowski, Kazimierz	6	DFC, VM, KW

S

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Schmidt, Jerzy	6		KIA 6 December 1944
Siekierski, Jan	11
Siwek, Kazimierz	11
Stanisław Skalski	21	DSO, DFC**, VM*, KW***
Smigielski, Jan	5
Sologub, Grzegorz "George"	5
Sporny, Kazimierz	5	DFC, VM, KW**	15/5/1949
Surma, Franciszek	5		KIA 8 November 1941
Szaposznikow, Eugeniusz Miroslaw	9
Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy"	11
Sztramko, Kazimierz	7
Szymankiewicz, Teofil	7
Szymanski, Tadeusz	10

T

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Tronczynski, Stefan	6

U

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Urbanowicz, Witold Aleksander	17	VM, DFC

W

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Wczelik, Antoni	5		KIA 14 April 1942
Wesolowski, Marian	6
Witorzenc, Stefan	6
Wiza, Franciszek	6	DFC	12/12/1956
Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej	6		KIA 1 November 1940
Wojciechowski, Miroslav Ignacy	5
Wunsche, Kazimierz	6	DFC, VM (Silver), KW**

Z

Name	Kills	Awards	Notes
Zalebski, Jozef	10
Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig	14	DFC, VM, KW***	3/1/1986
Zurakowski, Janusz	6	DFC, VM, KW**

Key to Awards Abbreviations =

Abbreviation	Award
AFC	Air Force Cross
AM	Air Medal
CdG	Croix de Guerre
DFC	Distinguished Flying Cross
DFM	Distinguished Flying Medal
DSC	Distinguished Service Cross
DSM	Distinguished Service Medal
DSO	Distinguished Service Order
KW	Krzyż Walecznych (Polish Cross of Valor)
LM	Legion of Merit
PR	Polonia Restituta (Order of Poland Reborn)
VM	Virtuti Militari (Polish Medal: "To Military Valour")