all day on Sept. 3 for X and XV Squadron was marked by the movement and the associated confusion.
Squadron "vulture":
that day, the unit moved to the new airport Kuciny-Dzierżanowo. In the morning, the boat has already been shot at Elks by his own artillery PLA, immediately afterwards seized by P.11 fighters, but they fortunately did not recognize the Elks, and fired them. Throw pie was dispersed, some had trouble finding a new airport. Same goal-new-field airport was ill-suited to the adoption of such aircraft as the Elks, the terrain was muddy and covered with lupine, which lowered the capacity Elk.
Squadron "Hawk"
Like the X division to move to the new airport was a chaotic. With 18 Elk at new airport no third flew Elk part because of the fog along the way landed in Małaszewicze Fortunately, the airport was not bombed. The new airport was sandy ground, which at the start of clouds of dust facilitate detection by enemy aircraft and accelerated wear.
That day the Germans bombed Okecie, destroying six Elk and hangars. Małaszewicze also were bombed that day.
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