Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille

The 112th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 112. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army.

History

The Escadrille was created in 1919 by a merger of the earlier 18th Reconnaissance Escadrille and the 19th Fighter Escadrille.

In September 1939 the 112th Fighter Escadrille was incorporated into the Pursuit Brigade.

Crew and equipment

On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: 6 PZL P.11c and 4 PZL P.11a.

The air crew consisted of: commanding officer captain Tadeusz Opulski, his deputy Lieutenant Stefan Stanisław Okrzeja, and 15 other pilots:

  1. por. Wacław Łapkowski
  2. ppor. Jan Daszewski
  3. ppor. Witold Łokuciewski
  4. ppor. Wiktor Strzembosz
  5. pchor. Janusz Marciniak
  6. pchor. Władysław Nowakowski
  7. pchor. Antoni Polek
  8. plut. Karol Krawczyński
  9. plut. Ludwik Lech
  10. kpr. Bernard Ryszard Górecki
  11. kpr. Jan Musiał
  12. st. szer. Piotr Paweł Gallus
  13. st. szer. Leon Nowak
  14. st. szer. Zygmunt Rozworski
  15. st. szer. Władysław Wieraszka

See also