1st Fighter Group (Poland)

1st Fighter Group
ActiveMay – June 1940
Allegiance Polish government-in-exile
Branch Polish Air Forces in France
RoleFighter air defence
Size4 people (until 12 June 1940)
7 people (after 12 June 1940)
Nickname(s)Kr
EngagementsWorld War 2
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Zdzisław Krasnodębski

1st Fighter Group "Kr" was a fighter group of the Polish Air Forces in France, formed on 17 May 1940, as part of Groupe de Chasse I/55. The leader of the group was major Zdzisław Krasnodębski. It is stationed at the back of the front lines, based in the towns of Châteaudun, Étampes, Limoges, and Bordeaux in France. It was disestablished after the Fall of France in 1940.