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No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	No. 309 "Ziemi Czerwieńskiej" (Polish) Squadron
image	309th Polish Army-Cooperation Squadron.svg
image_size	250px
caption	309 Squadron logo
dates	8 November 1940 – 6 January 1947
country	UK United Kingdom
allegiance	POL Polish government in exile
branch
role	Reconnaissance squadron; later fighter squadron
command_structure	RAF Fighter Command
nickname	Ziema Czerwienska
notable_commanders	Henryk Pietrzak
identification_symbol_label	Squadron Badge heraldry
identification_symbol_2	AR; from 1944 WC
identification_symbol_2_label	Squadron Codes

No. 309 "Land of Czerwień" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron () was a Polish squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1940. It was one of 15 squadrons of the Polish Air Force in exile that served alongside the Royal Air Force (RAF) in World War II. It was at first a reconnaissance squadron, and later converted into a fighter squadron. It was named after the region around the city of Czerwień; which was then in southeastern Poland, and is now in western Ukraine.

History

The squadron was formed in the RAF base at RAF Renfrew near Glasgow on 8 November 1940, and declared operational on 5 December 1940. It was disbanded on 9 January 1947.

Commanders

From
8 November 1940
12 February 1943
15 November 1943
3 April 1944
9 September 1944
7 August 1945

Aircraft operated

Mustang Mk.III aircraft of 309 Squadron in 1944

From	Aircraft	Version
8 November 1940	Westland Lysander	Mk.II and Mk.III
1 June 1942 (flight B)	North American Mustang	Mk.I
19 January 1944	Hawker Hurricane	Mk.IV
23 January 1944	Hawker Hurricane	Mk.IIC
1 September 1944	North American Mustang	Mk.I
20 November 1944	North American Mustang	Mk.III

References

Bibliography

Wikipedia Source

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