Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille
# Polish 123rd Fighter Escadrille

The 123rd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 123. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.

## History

In September 1939 the 123rd Fighter Escadrille was part of the Pursuit Brigade. Some reports say that the 123rd Escadrille was a Kraków Army "Eskadra" (Flight) attached to the Brygada Poscigowa for the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Its 120 series Flight number indicates that claim. Reference: "Ciel de Gloire" website.

## 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:

* ppor. Stanisław Chałupa
* ppor. Jerzy Czerniak
* ppor. Feliks Szyszka
* pchor. Władysław Bożek
* pchor. Stanisław Czternastek
* pchor. Antoni Danek
* pchor. Tadeusz Kratke
* kpr. Henryk Flame
* kpr. Stanisław Widlarz
* st. szer. Eugeniusz Nowakiewicz
* st. szer. Stanisław Zięba
