No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron

No. 309 "Land of Czerwien" Polish Fighter Squadron
309 Squadron logo
Active	8 Nov 1940 – 6 Jan 1947
Country	United Kingdom
Allegiance	Polish government in exile
Role	Reconnaissance/Fighter Squadron
Part of	RAF Fighter Command
Nickname(s)	Dywizjon Współpracy "Ziemi Czerwieńskiej"
Commanders
Notable commanders	Henryk Pietrzak
Insignia
Squadron Codes	AR, from 1944 WC

No. 309 (Land of Czerwien) Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron was a Polish squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish government-in-exile and the United Kingdom in 1940. It was at first a reconnaissance squadron but was later turned into one of several Polish fighter squadrons fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II.

History

The squadron was formed on 8 November 1940 in the RAF base at Renfrew near Glasgow. Operational readiness was reached on 5 December 1940.

Commanders

From
8 November 1940	ppłk pil. Zygmunt Pistl
12 February 1943	mjr pil. Witold Jacek Piotrowski
15 November 1943	kpt. pil. Maciej Piotrowski
3 April 1944	kpt. pil. Jerzy Gołko
9 September 1944	kpt. pil. Antoni Głowacki
7 August 1945	kpt. pil. Henryk Pietrzak

Aircraft operated

From	Aircraft	Version
8 November 1940	Westland Lysander	Mk-II and Mk-III
1 June 1942 (flight B)	North American Mustang	Mk-I
19 January 1944	Hawker Hurricane	Mk-IV
23 January 1944	Hawker Hurricane	Mk-IIC
1 September 1944	North American Mustang	Mk-I
20 November 1944	North American Mustang	Mk-III

External links

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Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940-1947

Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom during the Second World War

Wings	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3

Squadrons	300 "Ziemi Mazowieckiej" 301 "Ziemi Pomorskiej" 302 "Poznański" 303 "Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kościuszki" 304 "Ziemi Śląskiej im. Ks. Józefa Poniatowskiego" 305 "Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego" 306 "Toruński" 307 "Lwowskich Puchaczy" 308 "Krakowski" 309 "Ziemi Czerwieńskiej" 315 "Dębliński" 316 "Warszawski" 317 "Wileński" 318 "Gdański" 663rd Polish Air Observation Post Squadron

Other units	Polish Fighting Team 138 Special Duty Squadron (Polish Flight "C") 1586 Special Duty Flight

Royal Air Force flying squadrons

Currently active

Inactive

Australian Flying Corps (AFC) units attached
to the RAF during the First World War

67 (1 Sqn AFC)
68 (2 Sqn AFC)
69 (3 Sqn AFC)
71 (4 Sqn AFC)

Commonwealth air force units attached to
the RAF during the Second World War

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)	400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)	450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 466 467

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)	485 486 487 488 489 490

Squadrons formed from non-Commonwealth
personnel during the Second World War

Argentine	164

Belgian	349 350

Czechoslovak	310 311 312 313

Dutch	320 321 322

French	326 327 328 329 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347

Greek	13 335 336

Norwegian	330 331 332 333 334

Polish	300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 315 316 317 318 663

United States	71 121 133

Yugoslav	351 352

Royal Auxiliary Air Force

Special Reserve	500 501 502 503 504

Auxiliary Air Force	600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616

Fleet Air Arm of the RAF (1924–1939)

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