Army "Łódź" after unsuccessful attempts to break out in Warsaw, he sought to Modlin. In the west, other armies, "Classifieds" and "Pomerania" tried to also get to Warsaw. Germany also took positions near Lviv. Retreating Polish army already on the lines of the Dniester and uncle.
Squadron "Vulture"
squadron had that day seven Elk able to fight.
day greeted the two squadrons of the fog, which caused trouble with the entrusted tasks. Taken a diagnosis the direction Hrubieszów - Zamosc, detects Ing German tanks marching on the road . Terms spherical atmosphere forced the crew to a forced landing, the machine came back later to the airport.
In the afternoon, Colonel Heller went to inspect the X Division in Gnojnie. The squadron remained only 27 bombs 100 kg (standard order Nek for barely two Elk). Heller report filed with the solution know the proximity of German tanks. In the evening, Weraksy initiative, throw pie X Division you moved in the direction of Luck.
16th The squadron has been enriched by a new aircraft. The following report from the processing of "virgin" Moose on the "battle" ( senior military foreman Oyrzanowski):
"found in the woods Moose jednoogonowego (" A ") . good, but unarmed. In two Karasiach the lower positions was Cpl. Zarzewaj two "specific niaki and uzbroiliśmy plane. Sgt. Szwedowski of Pin brought ska complete Moose. I've had so 7 machines. Walczak has not yet, people are slowly Gaia wall all day, with machinery so there's no one who recognized them notches. Only 2 have volunteered to work at the machines. Bring lunch into the forest and having to go down here whole squadron. I fish out so people slowly. [...] finally met with the workshop. They do day and night. Dorniery several times a day flying over us. Our sticks full of machines. More planes than trees in the woods . There is no time of the mask. Fully erwudziaków and ef (RWD and Fokker aircraft.) The officers at the machines nobody show it, afraid of bombing. I am pleased with the it, because I can safely work with them. Rem the evening has come to inspect Heller. Przykorski st m Sobczykowi tells colorfully painted py lam and stables stretch lanterns before the court. In honor of Heller is to be held binge. Swears, on what the world stands. I'm doing what I can to people about it not know. "
During check-in at the Supreme Command Flight pation at about 22.00, Heller presented ko necessity change airports. Łosiom brigade was ordered to at dawn the next day to identify and bomb the armored units of coming close to Vladimir and after Niu perform tasks in the area of \u200b\u200bland or Horodenki Bucha- time. Heller asked for sketches of airports, but it turned out that their was gone, were evacuated because of heavy rolling stock. Ujejski then decided that if you ned areas will not be suitable for Elk, should direct them to Chernivtsi in Romania. In view of the lack toward a decision on the new airport, which had to piero find and recognize Heller ordered X Hyphen ion crossing a temporary job after Wielicka the airport.
Squadron "Hawk"
Squadron had the Elk capable of 9 to fight.
moose that day, none of this group did not perform the tasks warfare.
At the airport, XV Squadron deployed a lot of airplanes from different units, crucian carp, P7, P11c, even a P11e (g).
reorganized defense to the airport, yet it was composed only of those stations KM diverted from the damaged machine, approved timber stilts! Now, thanks to the presence of fighters airport got its own air defenses, which had a baptism of fire on the same day: the planes shot down a He111 P7, which fell and crashed near the airport, the other enemy bombers escaped.
Elks 'spare'
begun evacuating 27 Elk from airports spare Wych Divisions Pinsk and Prużan into the Mills - Dubno - Brody, where it had to fly to the area Śniaty present. Trzysamolotowy key Squadron Learner Bom bowej XX dividend zjonu Bomber Prużan flew to Pinsk, and from there went the distance First Hutniki way to the airport near Brody.
because of appalling weather conditions and deficiencies in vehicle navigation zabłądziły bombers over the USSR, where you landed to find out where they are!
After orientation that are in Russia, Elks sufficient courts interpret the intention of returning again to the Polish. With due to exhaustion of fuel, two of them wkrót which forced landed near Mazyr , and one in another, closer to an unknown area. Crews were arrested and taken away by kacapów to Minsk. The fate of all pilots is not known, it is known only in Russian captivity under Archangielsk with higher dilutions died in 1941, see Edmund Swarm, lost their lives also see pil. Joseph Jackson, and one observer - See Zbigniew Wojcik, who was taken to a camp in Ko- weeds. Survived slavery and see obs. Bohdan-vich, Sgt. pil. Baryga and one of the mechanics, Sergeant. Sta Stanisław Nowik, who in 1942 moved to England.
German troops occupied Mielec, earning slightly damaged factory WP2 and 14 Elk, including two nearly complete, however, devastated by plant workers and 12 in various stages of assembly.
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