List of World War II aces from Poland

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland.

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 6 1/8 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 Ferić, Mirosław "Ox" 6 11/24 VM, KW**, DFC KIFA 14 February 1942 Feruga, Jozef 5

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Name Kills Awards Notes Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby" 28 DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM (Polish-American) Gabszewicz,Aleksander Klemens 11 DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM* Gładych, Bolesław Michal "Mike" 17 VM***, DFC, AM***, CdG incorrectly listed as 14 kills in Lista Bajana Głowacki, Antoni 10+1/3 DFC, DFM, VM, KW*** Głowacki, New Zealander Brian Carbury and Ronald Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots,Aces High, Shores and Williams were the only four "aces in a day", in the Battle of Britain. Glowczynski, Czeslaw 6 Gnyś, Władysław CdG, DFC, KW*, VM

H Name Kills Awards Notes Horbaczewski, Eugeniusz 'Dziubek' 16.5+4V-1 VM*, KW***, DSO, DFC* KIA 18 August 1944Herbst, Witold Aleksander

I Name Kills Awards Notes Idrain, Ryszard 6

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 Klawe, Wlodzimierz 7 Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw 5 KIA 26 January 1942 Kotz, Tadeusz 6 VM, DFC 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 5 1/3 KIA 2 July 1941 Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo" 5 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 Pietrasiak, Adolf 11 VM, Cross of Valour, DFM 29/11/1943 Pietrzak, Aleksander 9 02/08/1945 Pietrzak, Henryk J 14 DFC, KW***, VM Piotrowski, Maciej 6 Pniak, Karol 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 Rogowski, Jan Aleksander 1 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 Stanisław Skalski 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 Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy" 11 Sztramko, Kazimierz 7 Szymankiewicz, Teofil 7 Szymanski, Tadeusz 10

T Name Kills Awards Notes Tronczynski, Stefan 6

U Name Kills Awards Notes Urbanowicz, Witold Aleksander 14 VM, DFC

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 Wunsche, Kazimierz 6 DFC, VM (Silver), KW**

Z Name Kills Awards Notes Zalebski, Jozef 10 Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig 8 11/24 DFC, VM, KW*** 3/1/1986 Żurakowski, Janusz 6 DFC, VM, KW**

Key to Awards Abbreviations

Abbreviation Award AFC Air Force Cross AM Air Medal CdG Croix de Guerre DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DFM Distinguished Flying Medal DSC Distinguished Service Cross DSM Distinguished Service Medal DSO Distinguished Service Order KW Krzyż Walecznych (Polish Cross of Valor) LM Legion of Merit PR Polonia Restituta (Order of Poland Reborn) VM Virtuti Militari (Polish Medal: "To Military Valour")

See also Bajan's list

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