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On 5 September, nine No. 303 Hurricanes intercepted a German bombing formation escorted by Bf 109s, with the Poles claiming five Bf 109s and three Junkers Ju 88s for one loss: P / O Lapkowski bailing out wounded.
On the afternoon of 26 September 1940, No. 303 Squadron was scrambled towards a large enemy raid over Hampshire, with the Poles claiming 13 victories for three Hurricanes damaged ( actual Luftwaffe losses were nine in total ).
On 12 April 1941, six No. 303 Spitfires led by S / L Henneberg carried out a series of strafing attacks on German airfields.
On 18 June 1941, No. 303 pilots claimed four Bf 109s without loss ; two to P / O Drobinski, as RAF Fighter Command claimed 10 destroyed ( The Jagdwaffe suffered no losses ).
On 22 June 1941, Fighter Command optimistically claimed 29 fighters shot down, No. 303 claiming six of these, two to S / L Lapkowski ( JG 2 and JG 26 actually lost three aircraft ).
On 23 June 1941, No. 303 flew two full strength escort missions over France, and against 9 ./ JG 2 claimed five fighters destroyed.
On 28 June, No. 303 claimed another four Bf 109s, although P / O J. Bondar was shot down and killed by Uzz.
On 2 July 1941, No. 1 Polish Wing, with No. 303, engaged some 60 Bf 109s over Lille.
On 11 April 1942, an aerial gunnery contest was staged within No. 11 Group RAF, and the three competing Polish squadrons — 303, 316 and 315 — took the first three places out of all 22 air squadrons, No. 303 Squadron coming first by a very healthy margin ( 808 hits ), whilst No. 316 Squadron scored 432 hits, with the best British squadron scoring 150 hits.
On 6 July, the squadron, led by F / L Majewski and with No. 316 Squadron over Amiens, fought a prolonged dogfight with Fw 190s with No. 303 claiming three German fighters from JG 2 and JG 27 without loss.
On 26 September S / L Drobinski replaced S / L Koc, and No. 303 continued using its Spitfires on various ground attack missions on V-1 and V-2 launch sites located in Holland.

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