Polish Air Force Operations Record Books 1940-1947

1941-02-01

Swinderby
Low clouds, fog, visibility 300 yeards. Cleared later. NO flying – aerodrome unserviceable.
Code and Syko training for air crews. Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-02

Good weather. No clouds. Slight snow in the evening. Flying took place from Satellite aerodrome.
Training and X country flights. Total flying hours 10.10 hrs. Usual ground training and Link
Trainer practice.

1941-02-03

Low clouds, slight snow and mist all day. X country, instrument and training flights. Total flying hours
7.05 hrs. Syko and Code exercises. Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-04

Clear sky and very good visibility all day and night. Photographic flights. X country and
Training flights by day and night. Total flying hours 13.40 by day and 0425 hrs by night.
Ground training and Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-05

Fine in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon, snow in the evening. X country and training fligts.
Total flying hours 06.20 hrs. usual ground training and Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-06

Cloudy - 6/10, snow showers. No flying. Usual ground training and lectures.

1941-02-07

Low clouds, mist and rain. Training flights. Total flying hours 03.20 hrs. Syko exercises and
lesson in English with the new Education Officer. Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-08

Low cloud, mist and strong wind. No flying. Usual ground training. Lesson in English. Link Trainer.

1941-02-09

Clouds – 10/10, low mist. Training and instrument flights. Total flying hours 03.35 hrs.
Usual ground training, Syko and code exercises and Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-10

Fine, slight mist. Training and X country flights. Total flying hours 15.45 hrs. Syko and Code
Exercises. Link trainer practice. at 1700 operational briefing for tow crews to operate over
Boulogne form Newton as Swinderby aerodrome unserviceable.

1941-02-11

Clear sky but slight mist. Visibility 2 miles. Operational flight of two crews from Newton in
Early morning. Flights of all types by day and night. Total flying hours 04.05. Usual ground training.

1941-02-12

Fog. No flying. Usual ground training, lesson in English, lecture on night photography.

1941-02-13

Low clouds and fog. Visibility 500 yeards. No flying. Usual ground training. Link Trainer. English lesson.

1941-02-14

Cloudy, visibility good, clearing in the afternoon. Training, instrument and X country flights.
Total flying hours 15.25 hrs. Inspection of the Squadron personnel by the Squadron C.O. Officers
meeting in hangar. Usual ground training and Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-15

Low clouds and drizzle, clearing in the afternoon. Instrumental and photographic flights. Tests
before operational flight. Total flying hours 06.35. At night operational flights of four crews
over Boulogne from Waddington. Usual ground training and Link Trainer practice.

1941-02-16

Few clouds and strong wind. Ferrying of aircraft from Waddington to Winthorpe. Total flying
hours 03.00. One slightly damaged aircraft left at Waddington. Link trainer practice.

1941-02-17

Low clouds, fog and drizzle. No flying. Usual ground training. Link Trainer and Syko exercises.

1941-02-18

Low clouds, fog and drizzle. No flying. Ground training and lecture on Marconi set. Lecture
on England and English by Mrs. Charrap from Polish Relief Fund to Poles. In the afternoon
lecture on Poland and Poles to English. by same lady.

1941-02-19

Low clouds, mist and drizzle, later sleet. No flying. Ground training, Syko exercises and Link
Trainer. Mr. Nowakowski, editor of “Polish News” gives lecture to Polish personnel in afternoon,

1941-02-20

Sleet and thick clouds. Ground training. Lecture on Hydraulic system on Wellington aircraft.

1941-02-21

Cloudy in the morning, clearing later. No flying. Ground training and lecture on night photo.
and cameras. Syko and Link Trainer exercises.

1941-02-22

Low clouds and fog, clearing later. Instrument and X country flying. Total flying hours 04.45.
Usual ground training and Link Trainer.

1941-02-23

Mist and Low clouds, clearing later. Usual ground training. Preparations for operations.
One crew went from Mildenhal to Boulogne. Total flying hours 0050 by day and 0310 by night – Operation.

1941-02-24

Low clouds and haze. Aircraft return from Mildenhall. Total flying hours 02.00. lIk Trainer Practice.

1941-02-25

Mist clearing later. Training, X country and night flights. Total flying hours 09.20 day, 13.10
Night. 2 crews on operations over Dusseldorf. Total time on operations 10.45 hours.

1941-02-26

Fine with slight haze. Revision of aircraft after operations. Training flights totaling 0215 hours.
3 crews on operations over Cologne. Total operations time 18.20 hours.

1941-02-27

Low clouds, good visibility. Inspection of operational aircraft. Local flights totaling 01.30 hours.
Usual ground training.

1941-02-28

Strong wind but fine. Inspection of Squadron by C.O. Local flying and one photographic flight.
Total flying hours 01.45. Usual ground training.