History
No. 300 (Polish) "Land of
Masovia" Bomber Squadron (Polish:
300 Dywizjon Bombowy "Ziemi
Mazowieckiej") was created on 1 July, 1940 at RAF
Bramcote, as a part of the Polish Air Forces in Great Britain. Between
19 July, 1940 and 8 May, 1945, the crews of the squadron flew 3,891
sorties and spent 20,264 hours in air.
Initially equipped with Fairey Battle
light bombers, the squadron was equipped with Vickers Wellington medium
bombers on 16 November, 1940. The squadron used several versions,
including Mark IC, IV, III and X. On 5 March, 1944 the unit was
re-equipped with Avro Lancaster bombers and continued to use that bomber
until the end of World War II (versions Mk I and Mk III).
During the war, the squadron took part
in most of the notable air offensives in Europe, including attacks on
the German Navy preparing for Operation Seelöwe, Millennium Offensive,
bombing raids on V-weapon sites, D-Day, in support of crossing the
Rhine, the Battle of the Ruhr, the bombing of Hamburg and the Battle of
Berlin. The last mission was flown on 8 May, 1945 against Adolf Hitler's
residence in Berchtesgaden.
(Source
and (c):wikipedia)
Casualties of the squadron, buried
in the Netherlands.
