# No. 133 Wing RAF

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No. 133 Wing RAF No. 133 (Polish) (Fighter) Wing RAF No. 1 Polish Wing RAF No. 133 Airfield Headquarters (Polish) RAF Active 1943-44 1944-45 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Size Wing Last base RAF Andrews Field

Military unit

**No. 133 (Polish) (Fighter) Wing RAF** is a former [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) [wing](/source/Wing_(military_unit)) that was operational during the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II), mainly staffed by Polish personnel as part of the [Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain](/source/Polish_Air_Forces_in_France_and_Great_Britain).

The unit was previously **No. 1 Polish Wing RAF** which became **No. 133 Airfield Headquarters (Polish) RAF** during 1943.

## History

It was formed in August 1941, as the 2nd Polish Fighter Wing, from three Polish squadrons, the [No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron) and [No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._316_Polish_Fighter_Squadron), and the [No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._317_Polish_Fighter_Squadron). Its composition was not stable, as Polish Squadrons were frequently exchanged between the three Polish wings (the [No. 131 Wing RAF](/source/No._131_Wing_RAF) (1st Polish) wing, the No. 133 Wing (2nd Polish) wing, and the [3rd Polish Fighter Wing](/source/3rd_Polish_Fighter_Wing)). At various times, this wing included other Polish squadrons, such as the [No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._306_Polish_Fighter_Squadron), [No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron](/source/No._309_Polish_Fighter-Reconnaissance_Squadron) and the [No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._315_Polish_Fighter_Squadron). The number of Polish wings was also not constant, varying from at least two to four.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

On 1 November 1943 **No. 1 Polish Wing RAF** was renamed to **No. 133 Airfield Headquarters (Polish) RAF** while the unit was at [RAF Heston](/source/Heston_Aerodrome#Military_operations_1939–1945) under [No. 18 Wing RAF](/source/No._18_Wing_RAF) and controlling [No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._306_Polish_Fighter_Squadron) and [No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron](/source/No._315_Polish_Fighter_Squadron) both operating Spitfires. The wing moved to [RAF Coolham](/source/RAF_Coolham) on 1 April 1944 and was renamed to **No. 133 Wing RAF** on 12 May 1944.[1]

**No. 133 Wing RAF** was formed on 12 May 1944 at [RAF Coolham](/source/RAF_Coolham).[2]

## See also

- [List of Wings of the Royal Air Force](/source/List_of_Wings_of_the_Royal_Air_Force)

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley199754_1-0)** [Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997](#CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997), p. 54.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESturtivantHamlinHalley1997323_2-0)** [Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley 1997](#CITEREFSturtivantHamlinHalley1997), p. 323.

### Bibliography

- Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J.; Halley, J. (1997). *Royal Air Force flying training and support units*. UK: Air-Britain (Historians). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-85130-252-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-252-1).

v t e Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom during the Second World War Wings No. 131 Wing RAF (No. 1 Polish Wing) No. 133 Wing RAF (No. 2 Polish Wing) No. 3 Squadrons 300 "Ziemi Mazowieckiej" 301 "Ziemi Pomorskiej" 302 "Poznański" 303 "Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kościuszki" 304 "Ziemi Śląskiej im. Ks. Józefa Poniatowskiego" 305 "Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego" 306 "Toruński" 307 "Lwowskich Puchaczy" 308 "Krakowski" 309 "Ziemi Czerwieńskiej" 315 "Dębliński" 316 "Warszawski" 317 "Wileński" 318 "Gdański" 663rd Polish Air Observation Post Squadron Other units Polish Fighting Team 138 Special Duty Squadron (Polish Flight "C") 1586 Special Duty Flight

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v t e Royal Air Force wings Airfield headquarters 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 (Polish) 132 (Norwegian) 133 (Polish) 134 (Czech) 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 (RCAF) 144 (RCAF) 145 (French) 146 147 148 149 150 Bases 11 12 13 14 15 31 32 33 41 42 43 44 51 52 53 54 55 56 61 (RCAF) 62 (RCAF) (Beaver) 63 (RCAF) 64 (RCAF) 71 72 73 74 75 76 (RCAF) Sectors 11 (Northern) 12 (East Anglia) 13 (Scotland) 15 17 (Fighter) 18 (Fighter) 19 (Fighter) 20 (Fighter) 21 (Base Defence) 22 (RCAF) (Fighter) 24 (Base Defence) 25 (Base Defence) North South Metropolitan Northern Southern Expeditionary 34 EAW 38 EAW 121 EAW 122 EAW 125 EAW 135 EAW 138 EAW 140 EAW 325 EAW 901 EAW 902 EAW 903 EAW 904 EAW 905 EAW 906 EAW 907 EAW Numbered wings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 (ES) 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 (EL) 86 87 88 89 90 91 96 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 123 124 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 136 137 139 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 159 160 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 177 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 215 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 272 273 274 275 276 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 300 301 302 303 321 322 323 324 325 326 328 329 330 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 500 551 552 553 554 700 701 900 908 909 910

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