Kacper Bolisęga, class IV A

No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron

No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron

– No. 303 was formed in July 1940 in Blackpool, Britain before deployment to RAF Northolt on the 2nd of August as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. 303 Squadron was said as one of the best and most effective fighter squadrons during WW2. During the Battle of Britain Polish pilots of 303 Squadron shot 110 German planes.

Two of the commanders: major Zdzisław Krasnodębski and colonel Witold Urbanowicz

During the Battle of Britain, No. 303 Squadron was equipped with:

Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang

About pilots of Squadron 303 a book was written by Polish writer Arkady Fiedler. 

Something interesting : Kamil Stoch a Polish ski jumper, double Olimpic champion from Sochi, on his helmet has got the Polish Air Force checkerboard…

WORLD WAR TWO: OUR SHARED HISTORY

Szkoła Podstawowa nr 9Dzierżoniów, Poland

March 2014