John Alexander Kent went down in the history of the Polish Air Force as a flight commander in the famous No 303 Squadron \u201cCity of Warsaw\u201d during the Battle of Britain. Later he was also the commander of the 1st Polish Fighter Wing in Northolt.<\/p>\n
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Before he arrived in the Polish unit in Northolt, he had already been an experienced pilot. He had been a civilian, a fighter, a test and a reconnaissance pilot.<\/p>\n
Before \u201cKosciuszko Squadron\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n John Kent was born on 24th June 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. When he was 15, his father took him to the local airfield and bought him a flight. After that adventure, he was sure that he wanted to work in aviation. Soon he started learning to fly at the Winnipeg Flying Club and in 1931 he got his civil pilot license. One year later he began to work in the Northeast Aero Marine Company, and in 1933 he received, as the youngest pilot at that time a commercial pilot license. In 1935 he decided to become a military pilot and join the Royal Air Force, and he sailed to Great Britain. He started his training at No. 5 Flying Training School in Sealand. After finishing the course he was posted to No. 19 Fighter Squadron. However, he spent there only two years and then joined the group of test pilots in the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough. While working there, he took part in experiments with barrage balloons. His task was to fly into barrage and check the results. In February 1939 he was awarded the Air Force\u00a0 Cross for this work.<\/p>\n Antoni G\u0142owacki \u2013 as w jeden dzie\u0144<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n