No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron
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No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron (Polish: 306 Dywizjon Myśliwski) was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1940. It was one of several Polish fighter squadrons fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during the World War II. It was disbanded in December 1946 shortly after the end of World War II.
It inherited the traditions, along with the emblem and a large part of the initial crew, of the pre-war Polish Torunian Fighter Squadron. The bear climbing a tree (Coat of Arms of Madrid) was an emblem of the No. 605 Squadron RAF, the unit of the first (British) commander of the new squadron, F/Cmdr Douglas Scott.
Throughout its existence, the squadron claimed 68 confirmed kills, 16 ½ probable and additional 26 damaged. In addition, the crews of the 306 downed 59 enemy V1 rockets.
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| 1st Polish Wing | 2nd Polish Wing | 3rd Polish Wing 300 "Masovian" Sq. | 301 "Pomeranian" Sq. | 302 "Poznań" Sq. | 303 "Kościuszko" Sq. | 304 "Silesian" Sq. | 305 "Greater Polish" Sq. | 306 "Toruń" Sq. 307 "Lwów" Sq. | 308 "Kraków" Sq. 309 "Czerwień" Sq. | 315 "Dęblin" Sq. | 316 "Warsaw" Sq. | 317 "Wilno" Sq. | 318 "Gdańsk" Sq. Polish Fighting Team | 663 Artillery Observation Squadron |
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