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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. (en)
- Polskie Lotnictwo Wojskowe 1939 – ordre de Bataille polskiego lotnictwa wojskowego w dniu 1 września 1939. 1 września 1939 lotnictwo posiadało 392 samoloty bojowe i 102 samoloty pomocnicze, z tego w dyspozycji Naczelnego Dowódcy Lotnictwa znajdowało się 146 samolotów bojowych i 60 pomocniczych, a w dyspozycji dowódców lotnictwa armijnego 246 samolotów bojowych i 42 samoloty pomocnicze. (pl)
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