No. 308 Squadron Picture Gallery. |
Pilots of the 308 second half of 1942. Courtesy of Andy Stabrowski.
Plumentot (B-10), France. Spitfire Mk IX, ZF-R, MK984, S/Ldr Retinger's personal
aircraft.
(B-10). From left:
F/Lt Wandzilak, F/O Schiele, F/Lt Duryasz, F/O Bochniak, Stanislaw Czarnecki.
Notice the coils of wire netting
which were used to cover runways.
Somewhere in France. From left: Link (with scarf around his neck), Chojnacki,
Malinowski, Wojcik
(sitting)
and
Tadeusz
Wisniewski
directly
behind
him. In a baseball hat is fitter Ryszard Kwiatkowski. In tropical suit is Wandzialk, next to his right
is Sawoszczyk, unfolding a map is
Kotlarz.
F/Lt Antoni Lipkowski (left) and F/Lt Stanislaw
Wandzilak.
S/Ldr Witold Retinger. ZF-R, MK984. Notice a number of bomb mission immediately after the
checker.
Probably Chailey, May 1944. Playing accordion is F/Lt
Bochniak.
Usually, the living conditions at those B-landing grounds where somewhat less
than ample.
Needs info.
Ghnet (St Denijs Westrem). No. 308 Squadron during late stages of the war. In
the background Polish HQ.
(from left): Wojcik , J. Malinowski, ?, Stanski, ?, W. Karasinski, Soszynski, ?,
?, ?, Majchrzyk, Bochniak, Pniak, Retinger, Lipkowski, I. Olszewski, J. Glowczewski,
Marecki, Breyner, Szlenkier, Mierzejewski, Krakowian, Dolicher, Link.
See bigger picture.
Chailey, May 1944.
The squadron's ground crew with Spitfire MH750, ZF-A, flown by Flight
"A" commander F/Lt Bochniak.
Mk XVIs: ZF-U and ZF-E, TD242. Needs info.
F/Lt Bochniak taxiing in his ZF-P, TD317. Probably 1946. Right: F/Lt Krakowian.
Spitfire, MkXVI, TD317 of S/Ldr Pniak, CO No. 308, April 1945.
Courtesy of Robert Grudzien.
Probably May 1945, Fairwood Common. The late 308 with the base British
officers.
First row, from left: Pietrasiak, ?, Bochniak, ?, Pniak, ?, F/Lt Kobierzycki.
Second row: Kozak, Trybuszewski, ?, Mikolajczak, Mermel, Szlenkier, Krakowian.
Third row: ?, Trybulec, ?, Jasinski, ?, Haeberle, ?.
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The squadron's Spitfire XVIs In Germany, summer
1945. In the foreground is ZF-O TB995, then ZF-R TB632, ZF-T TB637, and ZF-M
TB890.