It is stationed at the back of the front lines, based in the towns of Châteaudun, Étampes, Limoges, and Bordeaux in France.

It stationed at the back of the front lines, based in the towns of Châteaudun, Étampes, Limoges, and Bordeaux in France.

On 3 June 1940, pilot Stanisław Karubin, had achieved the only air victory in group history, shooting down the Dornier Do 17 bomber plane of Nazi Germany.

In the last days of the Battle of France, the group patrolled the area around the engine factories in Limoges, and between 16 and 17 June, they took part in the defence of Bordeaux.

On 21 June, the pilots had evacuated from Bordeaux, via ship SS Kmicic, traveling to the United Kingdom.