List of World War II aces from Poland explained
This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland.[1]
A
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Adamek, Mieczyslaw | 8 | | KIA 18 May 1944 |
| Akenamdy, Prince Stefan | | | |
| Arct, Bogdan Stanislaw | 5 | | | |
B
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Bargielowski, Jakub | 6 + 2 V-1s | | |
| Bartlomiejczyk, Czeslaw | 1 + 6 V-1s | | |
| Belc, Marian | 7 | DFC | KIFA 27 August 1942 |
| Beyer, Andrzej | 8 | | |
| Blok, Stanislaw | 6 | | |
| Brzeski, Stanislaw | 13 1/2 | DSO, DFC** | | |
C
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef | 7 | | |
| Cholajda, Antoni "Ghandi" | 8 | | |
| Chudek, Aleksandr | 9 | | KIA 23 June 1944 |
| Cwynar, Michal | 13 | | |
| Czerwubski, Tadeusz | 7 | | | |
D
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Drobinski, Boleslaw H "Ski" | 7 | | |
| Dudwal, Hieronim | 6 | | KIA in France 7 June 1940 | |
F
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Falkowski, Jan Pavel | 9 | DFC | |
| 10 | VM, KW**, DFC | KIFA 14 February 1942 |
| Feruga, Jozef | 5 | | | |
G
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| 28 | DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM | (Polish-American) |
| Gabszewicz,[2] Aleksander Klemens | 11 | DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM* | |
| 18 | VM***, DFC, AM***, CdG | incorrectly listed as 14 kills in Lista Bajana |
| 10+1/3 | DFC, DFM, VM, KW*** | Głowacki, New Zealander Brian Carbury and Ronald Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots,[3] were the only four "aces in a day",[4] in the Battle of Britain. |
| Glowczynski, Czeslaw | 6 | | |
| | CdG, DFC, KW*, VM | | |
H
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Henneberg, Zdzislaw Karol | 9 | | MIA 12 April 1941 |
| 16.5+4V-1 | VM*, KW***, DSO, DFC* | KIA 18 August 1944 | |
Herbst, Witold Aleksander
J
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Jankowski, Tadeusz | 13 | | KIA 20 September 1944 |
| Janus, Stefan | 6 | | |
| Jastrzebski, Franciszek | 6 | | KIA 25 October 1940 |
| Jeka, Jozef | 8 | | KIA 13 April 1958 | |
K
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Kalinowski, Victor | 12 | | |
| Karnkowski, Stefan | 7 | | |
| Karubin, Stanislaw | 7 | | KIFA 12 August 1941 |
| Klawe, Wlodzimierz | 7 | | |
| Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw | 5 | | KIA 26 January 1942 |
| 6 | VM, DFC | |
| Kowalski Roch, Julian | 5 | KM & 3 bars, VM, DCF | See his story here :- http://bbm.org.uk/airmen/KowalskiJ302.htm |
| Kremski, Jan Bernard | 9 | | |
| Krol, Waclaw Szczepan | 9 | | |
| Kustrzynski, Zbigniew "Zbyshek" | 18 | VM***, DFC | Shot down over France, POW 6.4.42. Escaped Stalag Luft 3 SAGAN with Robert Stanford Tuck in December 1944. Reached England February 1945. | |
L
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Lanowski, Witold Aleksander | 6 | KW & bar, DFC, AM & 10 bars | plus 1.6 AIR unclaimed (in USAAF records) & 4.6 GROUND unclaimed (in USAAF records). Unknown number of Bf 109’s destroyed on the ground recorded in 317 squadron records.incorrectly listed as 2 kills in Lista Bajana |
| Lapkowski, Waclaw | 7 | | KIA 2 July 1941 |
| 8 | VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG | | |
M
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Maciejowski, Michal Miroslaw | 11 | | POW 1943 |
| Majewski, Longin | 7 | | |
| Mielnecki, Jerzy Andrzej | 7 | | all V-1s |
| Mumler, Mieczyslaw | 9 | | |
| Murkowski, Antoni | 7 | DFC | including 4 x V-1s | |
N
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Nowak, Tadeusz | 5 | | KIA 21 September 1941 |
| Nowakiewicz, Eugenieusz Jan Adam | 6 | | |
| Tadeusz Nowierski | 5 | | |
| Nowoczyn, Witold | 6 | | | |
P
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Paszkiewicz, Ludwik Witold "Paszko" | 6 | | KIA 27/09/1940 |
| Pietrasiak, Adolf | 11 | VM, Cross of Valour, DFM | 29/11/1943 |
| Pietrzak, Aleksander | 9 | | 02/08/1945 |
| 14 | DFC, KW***, VM | |
| Piotrowski, Maciej | 6 | | |
| 13 | VM (Gold), KW***, DFC | 29/04/1942 |
| 8 | | |
| Pomietlarz, Jan | 5 | VM, KW** | 12/16/2012 |
| Popek, Mieczyslaw | 5 | | 15/01/1944 |
| Poplawski, Jerzy | 5 | VM (Silver), KW**, DFC | 21/6/2004 |
| Potocki, Wladyslaw Jan | 6 | | 23/2/1996 | |
R
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Radomski, Jerzy | 5 | | |
| Rogowski, Jan Aleksander | 7 | | |
| Rudowski, Stanislaw | 12 | | |
| Rutkowski, Kazimierz | 6 | DFC, VM, KW | | |
S
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Schmidt, Jerzy | 6 | | KIA 6 December 1944 |
| Siekierski, Jan | 11 | | |
| Siwek, Kazimierz | 11 | | |
| 21 | DSO, DFC**, VM*, KW*** | |
| Smigielski, Jan | 5 | | |
| Sologub, Grzegorz "George" | 5 | DFC,VM,KW** | 306 Squadron |
| Sporny, Kazimierz | 5 | DFC, VM, KW** | 15/5/1949 |
| Surma, Franciszek | 5 | | KIA 8 November 1941 |
| Szaposznikow, Eugeniusz Miroslaw | 9 | | |
| Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy" | 11 | | |
| Sztramko, Kazimierz | 7 | | |
| Szymankiewicz, Teofil | 7 | | |
| Szymanski, Tadeusz | 10 | | | |
W
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Wczelik, Antoni | 5 | | KIA 14 April 1942 |
| Wesolowski, Marian | 6 | | |
| Witorzenc, Stefan | 6 | | |
| Wiza, Franciszek | 6 | DFC | 12/12/1956 |
| Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej | 6 | | KIA 1 November 1940 |
| Wojciechowski, Miroslav Ignacy | 5 | | |
| Wunsche, Kazimierz | 6 | DFC, VM (Silver), KW** | | |
Z
| Name | Kills | Awards | Notes |
|---|
| Zalebski, Jozef | 10 | | |
| 14 | DFC, VM, KW*** | 3/1/1986 |
| 6 | DFC, VM, KW** | | |
Key to Awards Abbreviations
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Gretzyngier . Robert. Polish aces of World War 2. 1998. Osprey . Matusiak. Wojtek.. 1-85532-726-0. London. 39957700.
- Web site: 1940-1943 Polish RAF airmen. Uren. Amanda. Mashable.
- Aces High,Shores and Williams
- News: Geissinger. Steve. Manmade Thunder. The Argus-Press. October 15, 1997. July 17, 2011.
