Frontal Group Ce

Frontal Group Ce was a small fighter formation of the Polish Air Forces in France during the opening phase of the Second World War. It was formed in 1940 within Groupe de Chasse II/6, a French fighter-group structure, as Polish personnel supported the Allied air effort during the German invasion of France. The formation consisted of three pilots: Lieutenant Arsen Cebrzyński, who served as its leader, and Corporals Eugeniusz Szaposznikow and Michał Brzeowski. The group operated Bloch MB.150 fighter aircraft. This type was a French single-seat fighter developed in the late 1930s and used by the French air force during the Battle of France. Frontal Group Ce therefore represented a very small operational detachment rather than a large independent air-force unit or a commercial organization. Its identity and activities are primarily documented through historical accounts of Polish military aviation in France. The unit existed only briefly. Following the Fall of France in 1940, the formation was disestablished along with the wider wartime organizational arrangements that had brought Polish airmen into French service. The available reference material does not establish a longer institutional successor, a separate headquarters, a detailed combat record, or a later corporate or organizational identity. The group is best understood as a historical military unit associated with Polish aviation personnel serving under French operational conditions.

Frontal Group Ce was established in 1940 as a small Polish fighter formation serving in France during the Second World War. It formed within Groupe de Chasse II/6, linking Polish military aviation personnel with a French fighter-group command structure during the German offensive in Western Europe. The group was not a mass formation: the surviving account identifies three pilots, led by Lieutenant Arsen Cebrzyński, with Corporals Eugeniusz Szaposznikow and Michał Brzeowski as the other members. The unit was equipped with Bloch MB.150 fighters. The MB.150 was a French fighter aircraft used during the 1940 campaign, and its presence places the group within the equipment and operational system of the French air force at the time. The available historical material does not provide a complete sortie list, confirmed victories, losses, or a detailed account of the group's tactical engagements. It does, however, identify the personnel, parent formation, aircraft type, and short period of existence. Frontal Group Ce was disestablished after the Fall of France in 1940. Its brief history reflects the wider disruption of Allied and Polish military formations following the French defeat. The reference material does not indicate that the group continued as an independent formation after the campaign, nor does it identify a direct successor under the same name. Later references to the unit appear in historical writing on Polish airmen and aviation in France, including W. Król's 1984 book Walczyłem pod niebem Francji and a 2000 issue of Pilot Wojenny.

• 1940

  Formation within Groupe de Chasse II/6

  [1]Frontal Group Ceen.wikipedia.org

  Frontal Group Ce was formed as a small Polish fighter group serving within the French Groupe de Chasse II/6 during the Second World War.

• 1940

  Operation with Bloch MB.150 fighters

  [1]Frontal Group Ceen.wikipedia.org

  The group was equipped with Bloch MB.150 fighter aircraft during its short period of service in France.

• 1940

  Disestablishment after the Fall of France

  [1]Frontal Group Ceen.wikipedia.org

  The formation ceased to exist after the Fall of France, ending its brief wartime operational history.

A wartime Polish fighter formation operating within a French fighter-group framework during the 1940 campaign.

• Fighter aircraft

  Bloch MB.150

  The Bloch MB.150 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft used by the French air force during the 1940 campaign. Frontal Group Ce operated this aircraft type while serving within Groupe de Chasse II/6. The available account identifies the aircraft as the group's equipment but does not provide a complete number of airframes, individual aircraft markings, or a detailed operational record.

1. 1Frontal Group Ceen.wikipedia.org