Brygada Bombowa - September 1939.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 am
Hello to all ; a short article about it ..............
Brygada Bombowa - September 1939.
The operational plan adopted by the Polish High Command expected the mobilization of nine squadrons of bombers, including four equipped with nine PZL-P37B "Los" and five squadrons equipped with ten PZL-23B "Karas". These squadrons were grouped in a Bomber Brigade with the following deployment:
II. Group (Squadrons 21 and 22 - 20 Karas) deployed at Wsola in Radom area; VI. Group (Squadrons 64 and 65 - 20 Karas) deployed at Nosow near Biala Podlaska; Squadron 55 (autonomous - 10 Karas) near Radzyn; X. Group (Squadrons 211 and 212 - 18 Los) deployed near Demblin and XV. Group (Squadrons 215 and 217 - 18 Los) deployed near Demblin.
The VI. Group entered into action on September 2, 1939; the II. Group on September 3, 1939 and the X and XV Groups on September 4, 1939.
Precisely on September 3, 1939 around 09:00 hours, the Karas of the II. Group attacked armored columns of the XVI. AK (Mot) in the region Radomsk - Kamiensk, losing six aircraft in the process but destroying 30% of the enemy column ............
As a data the PZL-P37B "Los" could carry 1 ton of bombs, while the PZL-23B "Karas" only 400 kgs.
Sources: Campaign 1939. Poland Robert Jars.
Der Zweite Weltkrieg. J. Piekalkiewicz.
Cheers. Raul M .
Brygada Bombowa - September 1939.
The operational plan adopted by the Polish High Command expected the mobilization of nine squadrons of bombers, including four equipped with nine PZL-P37B "Los" and five squadrons equipped with ten PZL-23B "Karas". These squadrons were grouped in a Bomber Brigade with the following deployment:
II. Group (Squadrons 21 and 22 - 20 Karas) deployed at Wsola in Radom area; VI. Group (Squadrons 64 and 65 - 20 Karas) deployed at Nosow near Biala Podlaska; Squadron 55 (autonomous - 10 Karas) near Radzyn; X. Group (Squadrons 211 and 212 - 18 Los) deployed near Demblin and XV. Group (Squadrons 215 and 217 - 18 Los) deployed near Demblin.
The VI. Group entered into action on September 2, 1939; the II. Group on September 3, 1939 and the X and XV Groups on September 4, 1939.
Precisely on September 3, 1939 around 09:00 hours, the Karas of the II. Group attacked armored columns of the XVI. AK (Mot) in the region Radomsk - Kamiensk, losing six aircraft in the process but destroying 30% of the enemy column ............
As a data the PZL-P37B "Los" could carry 1 ton of bombs, while the PZL-23B "Karas" only 400 kgs.
Sources: Campaign 1939. Poland Robert Jars.
Der Zweite Weltkrieg. J. Piekalkiewicz.
Cheers. Raul M .