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Channel Four also made a game called Battle of Britain: 303 Squadron. [42] [43] 303 Squadron was the subject of the 2018 films Hurricane and 303 Squadron. [44] 303 Squadron is referenced in the first chorus of the Sabaton song Aces in Exile. Museum 303 in Napoleon, Silesia Province, Poland is dedicated to No. 303 Squadron. [45]
"The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (273) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on 1940-08-30: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle"
In The Night Garden browser games and activities for the BBC [6] Royal Television Society Awards: Winner Best On Screen Game: Battle of Britain:303 Squadron web game for Channel 4 [7] Royal Television Society Awards: Nomination Best On Screen Game: Keepy Uppy web game for the BBC [7] Learning On Screen: Awards - General Education Multimedia Winner
On 2 August 1940, as a flight commander, Kent joined No. 303 Squadron, a newly formed squadron consisting of Polish pilots based at RAF Northolt throughout the Battle of Britain. [ 6 ] Kent's first combat victories came on 9 September 1940 when he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 110 and a Junkers Ju 88 .
The 147 Polish pilots claimed 201 aircraft shot down. No. 303 Squadron claimed the highest number of kills, 126, of any Hurricane squadron engaged in the battle of Britain. [44] Witold Urbanowicz of No. 303 Squadron was the top Polish scorer with 15 claims.
František's 17 aerial victories greatly helped No. 303 Squadron to become the 4th highest-scoring Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron in the Battle of Britain. František was the first non-British pilot to have a bar added to his Distinguished Flying Medal when he posthumously received one on 28 October 1940.
303 Squadron [a] is a 2018 biographical war film directed by Denis Delić, written by Jacek Samojłowicz, Krzysztof Burdza, and Tomasz Kępski, and produced by Samojłowicz. It was produced by Film Media in Poland and United Kingdom , and distributed by Mówi Serwis, and features dialogues in English , Polish , German , and French .
On 1 September 2024, the locomotive was renamed 303 Squadron for a period of one year at an event in Eridge, in order to commemorate the actions of Polish squadrons that fought in the Battle of Britain, supported by the Polish Air Force Memorial Trust based at Northolt.