About the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron that was one of 16 Polish squadrons in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was the best scoring RAF squadron of the Battle of Britain.
The squadron was named after the Polish and American Revolution hero General Tadeusz Kościuszko, and the eponymous Polish 7th Air Escadrille founded by Merian C. Cooper, that served Poland in the 1919-1921 Polish-Soviet War. No. 303 was formed in Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. After a distinguished combat record, the fighter squadron was disbanded in December 1946.
About the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron that was one of 16 Polish squadrons in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was the best scoring RAF squadron of the Battle of Britain. The squadron was named after the Polish and American Revolution hero General Tadeusz Kościuszko, and the eponymous Polish 7th Air Escadrille founded by Merian C. Cooper, that served Poland in the 1919-1921 Polish-Soviet War. No. 303 was formed in Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. After a distinguished combat record, the fighter squadron was disbanded in December 1946.