Diorama of Puck harbor 1925 - Mirage Hobby 401001

When organizing naval aviation during World War I, the Germans drew attention to Puck as a port naturally protected by the Hel Spit and recognized this location as an ideal location for a naval aviation base. This base was used until the end of the First World War. Polish Naval Aviation, which was formed in the interwar period, took over and expanded this base. On February 10, 1920, the wedding ceremony between Poland and the Baltic Sea took place in Puck. "As a perpetual souvenir of the recovery of the Polish Sea," General Józef Haller threw a platinum ring into the waters of the Bay of Puck, making a symbolic wedding. From that day, Puck became the seat of the Poviat Authorities and the Command of the Polish Navy, and the base of the Naval Aviation Squadron. With the development of the Polish fleet and the gradual increase in the size of Polish warships, as well as the expansion of the port in Gdynia, the navy command was prompted to move the headquarters of the fleet to the newly created port. Since then, the port in Puck played an auxiliary role for the PMW. The Naval Aviation Squadron was stationed here until the outbreak of the war.