313 Squadron :: Czechoslovak Airmen in the RAF 1940-1945

No. 313 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron

Badge: Flying hawk
Motto: "JEDEN JESTŘÁB MNOHO VRAN ROZHÁNÍ"
in English
"ONE HAWK DISPEL MANY CROWS"
Code Letters: RY
Date of Establishment: 10th May 1941
Place of Establishment: Catterick
Date of Disbandment: 22nd September 1945
Place of Disbandment: Brno

No. 313 Squadron Stations

Station	From	To
Catterick, Yorkshire	10.05.1941	01.07.1941
Leconfield, Yorkshire	01.07.1941	26.08.1941
Portreath, Cornwall	26.08.1941	23.11.1941
Warrnwell, Dorset	23.11.1941	28.11.1941
Portreath, Comwall	28.11.1941	15.12.1941
Hornchurch, Essex	15.12.1941	06.02.1942
Rochford, Essex	06.02.1942	06.03.1942
Hornchurch, Essex	06.03.1942	30.04.1942
Fairlop, Essex	30.04.1942	08.06.1942
Churchstanton, Somerset	08.06.1942	28.06.1942
Warrnwell, Dorset	28.06.1942	11.07.1942
Churchstanton, Somerset detachment Bold Head, Devon	11.07.1942 10.06.1942	28.06.1943 28.06.1943
Peterhead, Aberdeen detachment Sumburgh, Shetland Islands	28.06.1943 28.06.1943	20.08.1943 22.07.1943
Hawkinge, Kent	20.08.1943	18.09.1943
Ibsley, Hampshire	18.09.1943	06.01.1944
Ayr, Ayrshire	06.01.1944	19.01.1944
Ibsley, Hampshire	19.01.1944	20.02.1944
Mendlesham, Suffolk	20.02.1944	14.03.1944
Southend, Essex	14.03.1944	20.03.1944
Mendlesham, Suffolk	20.03.1944	03.04.1944
Appledram, Sussex	03.04.1944	29.06.1944
Tangmere, Sussex	29.06.1944	03.07.1944
Lympne, Kent	03.07.1944	11.07.1944
Skeabrae, Orkney Islands detachment Sumburgh, Shetland Islands	11.07.1944 11.07.1944	03.10.1944 03.10.1944
North Weald, Hertfordshire	03.10.1944	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	22.09.1945
Brno (ČSR)	22.09.1945	15.02.1946

No. 313 Squadron Commanding Officers

Commanding Officer	From	To
S/Ldr Josef Jaške	20.07.1941	15.12.1941
S/Ldr Gordon L. Sinclair, DFC (British)	10.5.1941	24.09.1941
S/Ldr Karel Mrázek, DFC	15.12.1941	26.06.1942
S/Ldr Jaroslav Himr	26.06.1942	24.09.1943
S/Ldr František Fajtl, DFC	24.09.1943	31.01.1944
S/Ldr Václav Bergman, DFC	31.01.1944	22.05.1944
S/Ldr Alois Hochmal	22.05.1944	01.09.1944
S/Ldr Karel Kasal	01.09.1944	15.11.1944
S/Ldr Otmar Kučera, DFC	15.11.1944	ČSR

A Flight Commanding Officers

A Flight Commanding Officer	From	To
F/Lt Karel Mrázek	15.05.1941	15.12.1941
F/Lt John L. Kilmartin, DFC (British)	04.06.1941	25.06.1941
F/Lt František Fajtl	15.12.1941	27.04.1942
F/Lt František Vancl	27.04.1942	21.05.1942
F/Lt Václav Hájek	21.05.1942	01.10.1942
F/Lt Jaroslav Muzika	01.10.1942	07.08.1943
F/Lt Alois Hochmal	07.08.1943	21.05.1944
F/Lt Václav Šlouf	21.05.1944	30.09.1944
F/Lt František Masařík	30.09.1944	ČSR

B Flight Commanding Officers

B Flight Commanding Officer	From	To
F/Lt Jan Čermák	19.05.1941	21.07.1941
F/Lt Thomas W. Gillen (British)	03.06.1941	15.09.1941
F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar	21.07.1941	20.03.1942
F/Lt Karel Vykoukal	20.03.1942	13.04.1942
F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar	13.04.1942	17.05.1942
F/Lt Václav Raba	17.05.1942	01.10.1942
F/Lt Bohuslav Kimlička	01.10.1942	01.01.1943
F/Lt Vaclav Bergman	01.01.1943	01.09.1943
F/Lt Otmar Kučera, DFC	01.09.1943	01.05.1944
F/Lt Ronald Wood, DFC (British)	01.05.1944	28.02.1945
F/Lt Karel Zouhar	28.02.1945	ČSR

Used Aircraft Types

Aircraft Type	From	To
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IA	May 1941	August 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIA	August 1941	November 1941
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB	October 1941	February 1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC	July 1942	February 1944
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.VI	June 1943	July 1943
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	July 1944
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VB	July 1944	October 1944
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.VII	July 1944	August 1944
Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX	August 1944	August 1944
Supermarine Spitfire HF Mk.IX	October 1944	August 1945
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE	July 1945	ČSR