No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Fighter Squadron
Badge: Flying stork
Motto: "NON MULTI SED MULTA"
Code Letters: DU
Date of Establishment: 5th September 1940
Place of Establishment: Duxford
Date of Disbandment: 22nd September 1945
Place of Disbandment: České Budějovice
No. 312 Squadron Stations
Station | From | To |
Duxford, Cambridgeshire | 05.09.1940 | 26.09.1940 |
Speke, Lancashire detachment Penrhos, Caernarvon |
26.09.1940 22.12.1940 |
03.03.1941 20.04.1941 |
Rhosneigr (Valley), Angelsey | 03.03.1941 | 20.04.1941 |
Jurby, Isle of Man | 20.04.1941 | 29.05.1941 |
Kenley, Surrey | 29.05.1941 | 20.07.1941 |
Martlesham Heath, Suffolk | 20.07.1941 | 19.08.1941 |
Ayr, Ayrshire detachment Drem, East Lothian |
19.08.1941 09.10.1941 |
01.01.1942 28.11.1941 |
Fairwood Common, Glamorgan | 01.01.1942 | 24.01.1942 |
Angle, Pembroke | 24.01.1942 | 18.04.1942 |
Fairwood Common, Glamorgan | 18.04.1942 | 03.05.1942 |
Harrowbeer, Devon detachment Bolt Head, Devon detachment Redhill, Surrey |
03.05.1942 05.05.1942 30.06.1942 |
10.10.1942 24.06.1943 07.07.1942 |
Churchstanton, Somerset | 10.10.1942 | 20.02.1943 |
Warmwell, Dorset | 20.02.1943 | 06.03.1943 |
Churchstanton, Somerset | 06.03.1943 | 24.06.1943 |
Skeabrae, Orkney Islands detachment Sumburgh, Shetland Islands detachment Peterhead, Aberdeenshire |
24.06.1943 07.07.1943 10.07.1943 |
21.09.1943 19.08.1943 21.09.1943 |
Ibsley, Hampshire | 21.09.1943 | 02.12.1943 |
Llanbedr, Merioneth | 02.12.1943 | 17.12.1943 |
Ibsley, Hampshire | 17.12.1943 | 20.02.1944 |
Mendlesham, Suffolk | 20.02.1944 | 23.02.1944 |
Southend, Essex | 23.02.1944 | 03.03.1944 |
Mendlesham, Suffolk | 03.03.1944 | 03.04.1944 |
Appledram, Sussex | 03.04.1944 | 22.06.1944 |
Tangmere, Sussex | 22.06.1944 | 03.07.1944 |
Lympne, Kent | 03.07.1944 | 11.07.1944 |
Coltishall, Norfolk | 11.07.1944 | 27.08.1944 |
North Weald, Hertfordshire | 27.08.1944 | 03.10.1944 |
Bradwell Bay, Essex | 03.10.1944 | 27.02.1945 |
Manston, Kent | 27.02.1945 | 13.08.1945 |
Praha - Ruzyně (ČSR) | 13.08.1945 | 22.09.1945 |
České Budějovice (ČSR) | 22.09.1945 | 15.02.1946 |
No. 312 Squadron Commanding Officers
Commanding Officer | From | To |
S/Ldr Jan Ambruš | 12.09.1940 | 12.12.1940 |
S/Ldr Frank H. Tyson (British) | 05.09.1940 | 01.04.1941 |
S/Ldr Evžen Čížek | 12.12.1940 | 27.05.1941 |
S/Ldr Jan Klán | 27.05.1941 | 05.06.1941 |
S/Ldr Alois Vašátko | 05.06.1941 | 03.05.1942 |
S/Ldr Jan Čermák | 03.05.1942 | 01.01.1943 |
S/Ldr Tomáš Vybíral | 01.01.1943 | 01.11.1943 |
S/Ldr František Vancl, DFC | 01.11.1943 | 15.05.1944 |
S/Ldr Jaroslav HIaďo, DFC | 15.05.1944 | 15.11.1944 |
S/Ldr Václav Šlouf, DFC | 15.11.1944 | 19.04.1945 |
S/Ldr Hugo Hrbáček, DFC | 19.04.1945 | ČSR |
A Flight Commanding Officers
A Flight Commanding Officer | From | To |
F/Lt Josef Duda | 05.09.1940 | 17.11.1940 |
F/Lt Harry A. G. Comerford (British) | 30.09.1940 | 15.11.1940 |
F/Lt Jan Klán | 17.11.1940 | 27.05.1941 |
F/Lt Charles A. Cooke (British) | 01.12.1940 | 28.05.194 |
F/Lt Josef Jaške | 27.05.1941 | 20.07.1941 |
F/Lt Jan Čermák | 21.07.1941 | 03.05.1942 |
F/Lt Viktor Kašlík | 03.05.1942 | 01.02.1943 |
F/Lt Karel Kasal | 01.02.1943 | 10.06.1944 |
F/Lt Josef Keprt, DFC | 10.06.1944 | 01.10.1944 |
F/Lt Václav Šlouf, DFC | 01.10.1944 | 15.11.1944 |
F/Lt Karel Pošta, DFC | 15.11.1944 | 17.02.1945 |
F/Lt Antonín Dvořák | 17.02.1945 | ČSR |
B Flight Commanding Officers
B Flight Commanding Officer | From | To |
F/Lt Alois Hlobil | 05.09.1940 | 17.11.1940 |
F/Lt Dennys E. Gillam, DFC (British) | 06.09.1940 | 01.12.1940 |
F/Lt Alois Vašátko | 17.11.1940 | 05.06.1941 |
F/Lt A. M. Dawbam (British) | 01.12.1940 | 10.04.1941 |
F/Lt Tomáš Vybíral | 05.06.1941 | 19.06.1942 |
F/Lt Karel Kasal | 19.06.1941 | 25.08.1942 |
F/Lt Adolf Vrána | 25.08.1942 | 29.09.1942 |
F/Lt Karel Kasal | 29.09.1942 | 15.11.1942 |
F/Lt Tomáš Vybíral | 15.11.1942 | 01.01.1943 |
F/Lt Adolf Vrána | 01.01.1943 | 01.06.1943 |
F/Lt Viktor Kašlík | 01.06.1943 | 01.07.1943 |
F/Lt Václav Šlouf | 01.07.1943 | 01.02.1944 |
F/Lt Vojtěch Smolík | 01.02.1944 | 11.07.1944 |
F/Lt Otto Smik, DFC | 11.07.1944 | 03.09.1944 |
F/Lt Jaroslav Šodek | 03.09.1944 | 01.02.1945 |
F/Lt Josef Pípa | 01.02.1945 | ČSR |
Used Aircraft Types
Aircraft Type | From | To |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I | September 1940 | May 1941 |
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB | May 1941 | December 1941 |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIA | October 1941 | January 1942 |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIB | November 1941 | January 1942 |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB | December 1941 | February 1944 |
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC | August 1942 | February 1944 |
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXC | January 1944 | June 1944 |
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE | June 1944 | July 1944 |
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.IX | July 1944 | October 1944 |
Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX | October 1944 | August 1945 |
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE | July 1945 | ČSR |
Staff of No. 312 S quadron
Sources & Literature
News
21/09/2015 14:52
Added Webarchive logo
Added Webarchive logo as this website is "regularly archived by the National Library of the Czech Republic for its cultural, educational, scientific, research or other values with the aim of documenting an authentic sample of the Czech web. It...
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18/09/2015 20:32
Cemetries & Memorials updated
Brookwood Cemetery - photos added, added link to FCAFA site,
Runnymede Memorial - title photo changed, added link to FCAFA site with panel photos.
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18/09/2015 14:54
Book 311 Squadron - Customer Reviews
Link to Customer Rerviews on Amazon added to page 311 Squadron book.
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17/09/2015 18:41
Přednáška/Talk - Vladimír Šponar
Added invitation to my talk about Czechoslovak airmen, 311 Squadron and particularly pilot Vladimír Šponar.
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