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The following is the order of battle of the Polish Air Force prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939. During the mobilization waves of March and August of that year, all peace-time units were deployed to airfields throughout the country and attached to respective commands of Air Force, Naval Air Service and squadrons supporting each of the Polish armies. In the last stages of the air campaign, whole units coordinated all actions in the fight against the invaders. The Polish fighters claimed 134 air victories, including 7 enemy aeroplanes shot down by Polish PZL P.7a fighters, 125 by PZL P.11 fighters of all types (mostly P.11c, several P.11a), and 2 downed by PZL P.11g. In addition, the Polish air forces had a number of PZL.37 Łoś and PZL.23 Karaś bombers, as well as a number of non-combat planes used for reconnaissance, observation, communications, army cooperation and transport. Among the latter were Lublin R-XIII, LWS-3 Mewa, RWD-8, RWD-14 Czapla, PWS-10 and PWS-26. == Command structure == The Polish war-time command structure was based on inter-war structure of the air forces. Apart from two air brigades held in reserve by the Commander in Chief (one of them being the Bomber Brigade, the other - Pursuit Brigade), Polish forces were divided onto the following units: * Air regiment ((ポーランド語:pułk lotniczy)) (Wing or Group) usually 4 squadrons or 8 escadrilles / Flights. * Air squadron ((ポーランド語:dywizjon lotniczy)) (Squadron) usually 2 escadrilles / Flights. * Air escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra lotnicza)) (Flight) usually 8 to 12 planes. Each escadrille was given a respective number and a proper name, depending on its main tasks. Hence the escadrilles were divided onto: * Bombing escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra bombowa)) * Fighter escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra myśliwska)) * Observation escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra obserwacyjna)) * Reconnaissance escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra rozpoznawcza)) * Staff escadrille ((ポーランド語:eskadra sztabowa)) The second number in the name of each of the fighter squadrons shows part of which air regiment the unit was part of, prior to mobilisation. For example the ''III/1 dywizjon myśliwski'' (composed of ''111 eskadra myśliwska'' and ''112 eskadra myśliwska'') was part of the ''1st Air Regiment'' located in Warsaw. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polish Air Force order of battle in 1939」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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