The 123rd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force

Polish Air Force

The Polish Air Force is the military Air Force wing of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej...

 (Polish: 123. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.

Crew and equipment

On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.7a airplanes.

The air crew consisted of:
commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Leonard Olszewski
his deputy ppor. pil. Erwin Kawnik
and 11 other pilots:

1. ppor. Stanisław Chałupa
2. ppor. Jerzy Czerniak
3. ppor. Feliks Szyszka
4. pchor. Władysław Bożek
5. pchor. Stanisław Czternastek
6. pchor. Antoni Danek
7. pchor. Tadeusz Kratke
8. kpr.Henryk Flame
9. kpr. Stanisław Widlarz
10. st. szer. Eugeniusz Nowakiewicz
11. st. szer. Stanisław Zięba