Talk:No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron

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[edit] Battle of Britain kill-score

According to the main "Polish contribution to World War II" article, the polish 303 squadron accounted for 12% of the total kills in Battle of Britain.

"The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (273) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on 1940-08-30: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle"

But this article says 4.7% of total kills for the same Squadron with "only" 126 confirmed kills. So which article is correct?

I have corrected the number of confirmed kills by the 303 squadron.--Witkacy 12:16, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

We can use a reference for this. What sources did you use? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 17:43, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Te 126 pochodzi (jak sie nie myle) z ksiazek Jerzego Cynka - co do tych 273 nie wiem do czego ta liczba nawiazuje, moze do zestrzelen wszystkich polskich pilotow (nie tylko z dyonu 303) podczas bitwy o Anglie.--Witkacy 19:47, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

I think 273 is the confirmed amount of kills for 303 Sqn for the entire war Pkmink 15:49, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Royal Air Force

Was the 303 a RAF squadron or not? The article seems to skirt round this issue.GraemeLeggett 13:04, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

How could it not be? It was a RAF squadron manned by Polish pilots...-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  14:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Just wanted to clarify before altering the introductory paragraph.GraemeLeggett 14:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)