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
13/05/2019 09:39
New page REVI magazine
I have added new page REVI magazine into section Books & Talks announcing my articles for this Czech aviation magazine.
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27/01/2019 17:36
Talk about Sgt Otakar Janůj II
Short info with few photos has been added into section Talks about the talk Otakar Janůj, 311 Squadron wireless operator" given at Faculty of Transportation Sciences in Praha on 24. 1. 2019.
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17/01/2019 11:42
Invitation to talk on 24.1.2019 added
Invitation to talk on 24.1.2019 at CTU Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Prague-Albertov, added to main page. Theme - 311 Squadron Wireless Operator Sgt Otakar Janůj.
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16/01/2019 10:19
Forum closed
Due to large ammount of sapm I have been forced to close down the forum provided by the webhosting and replaced it by the link to the still working forum from my previous website which you are welcome to use.
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07/12/2018 10:22
B-24 Liberator Handbook - Volume 2
Added new page for book B-24 Liberator Handbook - Volume 2 I was heloing with.
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