No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron
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No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron "Lwów Eagle-owls" (Polish: 307. Dywizjon Myśliwski Nocny "Lwowskich Puchaczy" ) was a Polish night fighter squadron [1] formed in Great Britain on August 24, 1940 as a result of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It was the only Polish night fighter squadron fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was disbanded on January 2, 1947 after the end of World War II.
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[edit] Aircraft operated
- Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I - from September 10, 1940
- Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF - from August 14, 1941
- Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF - from May 5, 1942
- de Havilland Mosquito NF.II - from December 21, 1942
- de Havilland Mosquito F.VI - from June 19, 1943
- de Havilland Mosquito NF.XII and NF.XIII - from January 22, 1944
- de Havilland Mosquito NF.XXX - from October 24, 1944
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Robert Fretzyngier, Polish Aces of World War 2, Osprey Publishing, 1998 Google Book Search page
[edit] External links
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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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