No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It was one of 15 sq
Aircraft of Fighter Command on display for the press at Grangemouth in Scotland, 25 April 1941. In the foreground is a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 315 (Polish) Squadron; in the background a Bristol Blenheim Mk IF of No. 23 Squadron; and overhead, three Supermarine Spitfires of No. 58 Operational Training Unit.
Squadron Leader Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, the CO of the No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron, standing by his new North American Mustang Mark III, FB387 'PK-G, at Brenzett, Kent. He was shot down and killed on 18 August 1944, after destroying three Focke Wulf Fw 190s to bring his score to 16 and a half victories.
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Tadeusz Władysław Sawicz was a Polish World War II fighter pilot. He served in the Polish Air Force, and after the fall of Poland, he served in the Polish and allied units in France and United Kingdom
No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron
…Nov 1941 Kpt. Władysław Szczęśniewski Nov 1941 May 1942 Maj. Stefan Janus, VM, DFC May 1942 Oct 1942 Maj. Mieczysław Wiórkiewicz Oct 1942 Apr 1943 Kpt. Tadeusz Sawicz Apr 1943 Feb 1944 Kpt. Jerzy Popławski, DFC Feb 1944 Aug 1944 Kpt. Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, DSO Aug 1944 Apr 1945 Kpt. Tadeusz Andersz Apr 1945 Feb 1946…
Sawicz in July, 1943