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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  1. ^ Robert Gretzyngier, Polish Aces of World War 2, Osprey Publishing, 1998 Google Book Search page
  2. ^ Simpson, Andrew. Boulton Paul Defiant I N1671/837OM: museum accession no. 74/A/16. Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved on 12 January 2008.

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  • Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
  • Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
  • Jefford, Wing Commander C.G. RAF Squadrons: a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
  • Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (Revised edition 1976). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.

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