title: No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron
text: No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron () was a Polish fighter squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941. It was one of several Polish fighter squadrons fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II.
  
  History
  
  No 316 Squadron was formed at Pembrey on 15 February 1941 as a Polish fighter unit equipped with Hawker Hurricane Mk.Is. It was engaged in defensive duties over south-west England until it re-equipped with Hurricanes Mk.IIs and began sweeps over northern France. It later re-equipped with the Spitfire and then Mustang aircraft.
  
  Commanding officers
  
  Squadron bases
  
  Aircraft operated
  
  References
  
  Notes
  
  Bibliography
  
   Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. .
   Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. .
   Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers)Ltd., 1969 (revised edition 1976, reprinted 1978). .
  
  External links
  
   Photo Gallery of 316 Squadron
   History of No.'s 300–318 Squadrons at RAF Web
   Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940–1947
  
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  Military units and formations established in 1941
  Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
  Poland–United Kingdom military relations