This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland.

A

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Adamek, Mieczyslaw || 8 || || KIA 18 May 1944

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| Akenamdy, Prince Stefan || || ||

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| Arct, Bogdan Stanislaw || 5 || ||

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B

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Bargielowski, Jakub || 6 + 2 V-1s|| ||

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| Bartlomiejczyk, Czeslaw || 1 + 6 V-1s|| ||

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| Belc, Marian || 6 1/8 || DFC || KIFA 27 August 1942

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| Beyer, Andrzej || 8 || ||

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| Blok, Stanislaw || 6 || ||

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| Brzeski, Stanislaw || 13 1/2 || DSO, DFC** ||

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C

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Chalupa, Stanislaw Jozef || 7 || ||

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| Cholajda, Antoni "Ghandi" || 8 || ||

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| Chudek, Aleksandr || 9 || || KIA 23 June 1944

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| Cwynar, Michal || 13 || ||

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| Czerwubski, Tadeusz || 7 || ||

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D

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Drobinski, Boleslaw H "Ski" || 7 || ||

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| Dudwal, Hieronim || 6 || || KIA in France 7 June 1940

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F

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Falkowski, Jan Pavel || 9 || DFC ||

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| Ferić, Mirosław "Ox" || 6 11/24 || VM, KW**, DFC || KIFA 14 February 1942

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| Feruga, Jozef || 5 || ||

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G

thumb|right|German [[MG 15 aerial machine gun, pilot's cap and some debris of a German Heinkel He 111 downed by Aleksander Gabszewicz on September 1, 1939]]

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby" || 28 || DSC, DSM, LM, DFC, AM || (Polish-American)

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| Gabszewicz,Aleksander Klemens|| 11 || DFC, DSO*, CdG, VM* ||

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| Gładych, Bolesław Michal "Mike" || 17 || VM***, DFC, AM***, CdG || incorrectly listed as 14 kills in Lista Bajana

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| Głowacki, Antoni || 10+1/3 || DFC, DFM, VM, KW***|| Głowacki, New Zealander Brian Carbury and Ronald Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots, were the only four "aces in a day", in the Battle of Britain.

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| Glowczynski, Czeslaw || 6 || ||

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| Gnyś, Władysław || || CdG, DFC, KW*, VM ||

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H

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Horbaczewski, Eugeniusz 'Dziubek' || 16.5+4V-1 || VM*, KW***, DSO, DFC* || KIA 18 August 1944

|}Herbst, Witold Aleksander

I

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Idrain, Ryszard || 6 || ||

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J

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Jankowski, Tadeusz || 13 || || KIA 20 September 1944

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| Janus, Stefan || 6 || ||

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| Jastrzebski, Franciszek || 6 || || KIA 25 October 1940

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| Jeka, Jozef || 8 || || KIA 13 April 1958

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K

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Kalinowski, Victor || 12 || ||

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| Karnkowski, Stefan || 7 || ||

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| Klawe, Wlodzimierz || 7 || ||

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| Kosinski, Kazimierz Bronislaw || 5 || || KIA 26 January 1942

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| Kotz, Tadeusz || 6 || VM, DFC ||

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| Kremski, Jan Bernard || 9 || ||

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| Krol, Waclaw Szczepan || 9|| ||

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| Kustrzynski, Zbigniew "Zbyshek" || 18 || VM***, DFC || Shot down over France, POW 6.4.42. Escaped Stalag Luft 3 SAGAN with Robert Stanford Tuck in December 1944. Reached England February 1945.

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Lanowski, Witold Aleksander || 6 ||KW & bar, DFC, AM & 10 bars || plus 1.6 AIR unclaimed (in USAAF records) & 4.6 GROUND unclaimed (in USAAF records). Unknown number of Bf 109’s destroyed on the ground recorded in 317 squadron records.

incorrectly listed as 2 kills in Lista Bajana

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| Lapkowski, Waclaw || 5 1/3 || || KIA 2 July 1941

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| Lokuciewski, Witold "Tolo" || 5 || VM, KW***, PR, DFC, CdG ||

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M

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Maciejowski, Michal Miroslaw || 11 || || POW 1943

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| Majewski, Longin || 7 || ||

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| Mielnecki, Jerzy Andrzej || 7 || || all V-1s

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| Mumler, Mieczyslaw || 9 || ||

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| Murkowski, Antoni || 7 || DFC || including 4 x V-1s

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N

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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|| Nowak, Tadeusz || 5 || || KIA 21 September 1941

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| Nowakiewicz, Eugenieusz Jan Adam || 6 || ||

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| Tadeusz Nowierski || 5 || ||

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| Nowoczyn, Witold || 6 || ||

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P

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Pietrasiak, Adolf || 11 || VM, Cross of Valour, DFM || 29/11/1943

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| Pietrzak, Aleksander|| 9 || || 02/08/1945

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| Pietrzak, Henryk J || 14 || DFC, KW***, VM ||

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| Piotrowski, Maciej || 6 || ||

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| Pniak, Karol || 8 || ||

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| Pomietlarz, Jan || 5 || VM, KW** || 12/16/2012

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| Popek, Mieczyslaw || 5 || || 15/01/1944

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| Poplawski, Jerzy || 5 || VM (Silver), KW**, DFC || 21/6/2004

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| Potocki, Wladyslaw Jan || 6 || || 23/2/1996

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R

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Rogowski, Jan Aleksander|| 1 || ||

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| Rudowski, Stanislaw || 12 || ||

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| Rutkowski, Kazimierz || 6 || DFC, VM, KW ||

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S

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Schmidt, Jerzy || 6 || || KIA 6 December 1944

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| Siekierski, Jan || 11 || ||

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| Siwek, Kazimierz || 11 || ||

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| Stanisław Skalski || 21 || DSO, DFC**, VM*, KW*** ||

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| Smigielski, Jan || 5 || ||

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| Sologub, Grzegorz "George" || 5 || DFC, VM, KW**|| 306 Squadron

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| Sporny, Kazimierz || 5 || DFC, VM, KW** || 15/5/1949

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| Surma, Franciszek || 5 || || KIA 8 November 1941

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| Szczesny, Henryk "Sneezy" || 11 || ||

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| Sztramko, Kazimierz || 7 || ||

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| Szymankiewicz, Teofil || 7 || ||

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| Szymanski, Tadeusz || 10 || ||

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T

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| Tronczynski, Stefan || 6 || ||

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U

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Urbanowicz, Witold Aleksander || 14 || VM, DFC ||

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W

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Wczelik, Antoni || 5 || || KIA 14 April 1942

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| Wesolowski, Marian || 6 || ||

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| Witorzenc, Stefan || 6 || ||

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| Wiza, Franciszek || 6|| DFC || 12/12/1956

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| Wlasnowolski, Boleslaw Andrzej || 6 || || KIA 1 November 1940

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| Wunsche, Kazimierz || 6 || DFC, VM (Silver), KW** ||

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Z

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!Name !! Kills !! Awards !! Notes

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| Zalebski, Jozef || 10 || ||

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| Zumbach, Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig || 8 11/24 || DFC, VM, KW*** || 3/1/1986

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| Żurakowski, Janusz || 6 || DFC, VM, KW** ||

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Key to Awards Abbreviations

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! Abbreviation !! Award

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| AFC || Air Force Cross

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| AM || Air Medal

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| CdG || Croix de Guerre

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| DFC || Distinguished Flying Cross

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| DFM || Distinguished Flying Medal

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| DSC || Distinguished Service Cross

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| DSM || Distinguished Service Medal

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| DSO || Distinguished Service Order

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| KW || Krzyż Walecznych (Polish Cross of Valor)

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| LM || Legion of Merit

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| PR || Polonia Restituta (Order of Poland Reborn)

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| VM || Virtuti Militari (Polish Medal: "To Military Valour")

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See also

  • Bajan's list

Notes

References