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 |
Staff of No. 313 Squadron
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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