310 Squadron

No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Fighter Squadron

Badge: Czech Lion in front of sword
Motto: "WE FIGHT TO REBUILD"

Code Letters: NN
Date of Establishment: 12th July 1940
Place of Establishment: Duxford
Date of Disbandment: 14th September 1945
Place of Disbandment: Praha - Kbely

No. 310 Squadron Stations

Station	From	To
Duxford, Cambridgeshire detachment Coltishall, Norfolk	12.07.1940 26.03.1941	26.06.1941 01.04.1941
Martlesham Hearth, Suffolk	26.06.1941	19. 07.1941
Dyce, Aberdeenshire detachment Montrose, Angus	19. 07.1941 21. 07.1941 09.12.1941	09.12.1941 01.11.1941 15.12.1941
Perranporth, Cornwall	24.12.1941	07.03.1942
Warmwell, Dorset	07.03.1942	21.03.1942
Perranporth, Cornwall	21.03.1942	07.05.1942
Exeter, Devon detachment Bold Head, Devon detachment Redhill, Surrey	07.05.1942 12.05.1942 30.06.1942	26. 06.1943 26.06.1943 07.07.1942
Castletown, Caithness detachment Sumburgh, Shetland Isles	26.06.1943 19.07.1943	20.09.1943 20.09.1943
Ibsley, Hampshire	20.09.1943	02.12.1943
Llanberd, Merioneth	02.12.1943	14.12.1943
Ibsley, Hampshire	14.12.1943	20.02.1944
Mendlesham, Suffolk	20.02.1944	28.03.1944
Southend, Essex	28.03.1944	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
Digby, Lindcolnshire detachment Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire	11.07.1944 13. 07.1944	28.08.1944 27. 8.1944
North Weald, Hertfordshire	28.08.1944	29.12.1944
Bradwell Bay, Essex	29.12.1944	27. 02.1945
Manston, Kent	27. 02.1945	13.08.1945
Praha - Ruzyně (ČSR)	13.08.1945	14.09.1945
Praha - Kbely (ČSR)	14.09.1945	15.02.1946

No. 310 Squadron Commanding Officers

Commanding Officer	From	To
S/Ldr Alexander Hess, DFC	12.07.1940	28.02.1941
S/Ldr George D.M. Blackwood (British)	12.07.1940	01.01.1941
S/Ldr František Weber	28.02.1941	07.04.1942
S/Ldr Jerrard J. Jefferies-Latimer, DFC (British)	01.01.1941	07.07.1941
S/Ldr František Dolezal, DFC	07.04.1942	15.01.1943
S/Ldr Emil Foit	15.01.1943	13.01.1944
S/Ldr Hugo Hrbáček	13.01.1944	21.05.1944
S/Ldr Václav Raba	21.05.1944	15.09.1944
S/Ldr Jiří Hartman	15.09.1944	ČSR

A Flight Commanding Officers

A Flight Commanding Officer	From	To
F/Lt Jaroslav Malý	12.07.1940	12.12.1940
F/Lt Gordon J. Sinclair, DFC (British)	12.07.1940	12.12.1940
F/Lt František Doležal	12.12.1940	07.04.1942
F/Lt Patrick B.G. Davies (British)	12.12.1940	29.08.1941
F/Lt Václav Bergman	07.04.1942	01.10.1942
F/Lt Vladislav Chocholín	01.10.1942	01.02.1943
F/Lt Hugo Hrbáček	01.02.1943	15.10.1943
F/Lt Jiří Hartman	15.10.1943	11.08.1944
F/Lt Miroslav Diviš	11.08.1944	06.01.1945
F/Lt Karel Drbohlav	06.01.1945	ČSR

B Flight Commanding Officers

B Flight Commanding Officer	From	To
F/Lt František Rypl	12.07.1940	10.12.1940
F/Lt Jerrard J. Jefferies, DFC (British)	12.07.1940	01.01.1941
F/Lt František Weber	10.12.1940	28.02.1941
F/Lt M.W.B. Knight (British)	15.02.1941	08.03.1941
F/Lt Svatopluk Janouch	28.02.1941	29.05.1941
F/Lt Crelin W. Bodie, DFC (British)	08.03.1941	03.06.1941
F/Lt Miloslav Kredba	29.05.1941	14.02.1942
F/Lt Emil Foit	14.02.1942	15.11.1942
F/Lt František Burda	15.11.1942	27.02.1943
F/Lt Jiří Hartman	27.02.1943	01.06.1943
F/Lt Vladislav Chocholín	01.06.1943	24.09.1943
F/Lt Bohuslav Kimlička	24.09.1943	06.12.1943
F/Lt Václav Raba	06.12.1943	21.05.1944
F/Lt František Bernard	22. 5.1944	ČSR

Used Aircraft Types

Aircraft Type	From	To
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I	July 1940	March 1941
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIA	March 1941	December 1941
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB	June 1941	November 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIA	October 1941	December 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB	November 1941	March 1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC	July 1942	March 1944
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.VI	July 1943	September 1943
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXC	January 1944	June 1944
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE	June 1944	July 1944
Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX	July 1944	July 1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB	July 1944	September 1944
Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX	August 1944	August 1945
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE	July 1945	ČSR