Poland: Air Force 1938
v.1.0 March 24, 2002

Written by Mr. Jason Long, from his site Sturmvogel, with permission. 

http://www.geocities.com/Sturmvogel_66/Munich.html

Definitions

Dyon	Wing
Eskadra (plural Eskadry)	Squadron
Pulk Lotniczy	Air Regiment

Organization and Structure

Unit	Dyon	Aircraft	Base
1. Pulk Lotniczy			Warszawa
111, 112 Eskadry	III/1	P.11c
113, 114 Eskadry	IV/1	P.11c
211, 212 Eskadry	X/1	P.37A/B
2. Pulk Lotniczy			Krakow
121-123 Eskadry	III/2	P.11c
21, 22, 24 Eskadry	II/2	P.23B
3. Pulk Lotniczy			Poznan
131, 132 Eskadry	III/3	P.11c
31, 32, 34 Eskadry	I/3	P.23B
4. Pulk Lotniczy			Torun
141, 142 Eskadry	III/4	P.11c
41, 42 Eskadry	I/4	P.23B
5. Pulk Lotniczy			Lida
151 Eskadra	III/5	P.7a
152 Eskadra	III/5	P.11c
51, 55 Eskadry	I/5	P.23B
6. Pulk Lotniczy			Lwow
161 Eskadra	III/6	P.11c
162 Eskadra	III/6	P.7a
64, 65 Eskadry	VI/6	P.23B

Strength

Each pulk lotniczy generally had one wing of two or three eskadry each of fighters and 'linowie' or army cooperation aircraft. These latter were dedicated to reconaissance and close air support of the army. The Bomber and Pursuit Brigades famous during the German attack weren't formed until the late spring of 1939. Each fighter eskadra had 11 aircraft, each army cooperation had 10 and each bomber eskadra had 7.

According to one source the Poles could muster in November '38 a total of 115 P.7a, 185 P.11c fighters and 200 P.23B army cooperation aircraft. This includes aircraft assigned to training units. The P.37 wasn't yet combat ready and may well have been grounded during this period while a number of crashes were investigated.