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
09/11/2016 14:28
Added LTV Příbor news with reportage about my talk
Reportage about my talk at Příbor in LTV Příbor is available online - more details on page Talk.
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08/11/2016 20:45
Added information about my latest talk at Příbor
My latest talk about 311 Squadron pilot, Sgt Oldřich Helma, took place on 25th October 2016 at Příbor. Few photos available on page Talks.
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04/11/2016 22:59
Research Trip CZRAF 2003 - England & Wales
After a long spell I was able to re-create my first Research Trip around the UK - CZRAF 2003.
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04/11/2016 18:29
Photo Appeal update
I would like to thank to all those who helped us to get photos and identified two from Czechoslovak airmen whose faces were not known to us before. If you have any photos of your relatives of Czechoslovak serving in the RAF & WAAF please check...
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16/09/2016 20:34
First review of my latest book
Added link to Amazon.com where first review of my latest book Moonlight Flyer can by found.
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