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 |
Staff of No. 310 Squadron
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