303 Polish Sqd

303 Polish Fighter Squadron

Flying Officer Zdzisław Henneberg, Flight Lieutenant John A. Kent ‘Kentowski’ and Flying Officer Marian Pisarek, standing by Hurricane Mk.I (RF-F, V6684) at RAF Leconfield, 24 October 1940.

Flying Hawker Hurricanes, 303 Squadron claimed the largest number of aircraft shot down of the 66 Allied fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it joined two months after the Battle had begun. At the time it was withdrawn for a rest on 11 October 1940, the squadron had claimed 126 kills in six weeks.