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
18/09/2018 21:05
Book "Poslední let Wellingtonu T2624" - update.
Separate page with more infromation regarding new book Poslední let Wellingtonu T2624 added into sections Books.
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11/09/2018 12:45
Cover of new book added to main page!
Cover of new book "Poslední let Wellingtonu T2624" in printing has been added to main page.
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23/05/2018 19:13
Riders in the Sky 1944
Added information about book Riders in the Sky 1944 which I co-authored. See a separate page in section Co-Authored Books.
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12/01/2018 18:23
Research Trip CZRAF2005
Page decribing my Research Trip CZRAF 2005 which I have lost during the webiste trnaformation has been partially recovered from old backup, the final part will be added soon.
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12/01/2018 17:49
Section Talks has been updated
Added brief information about my another talk about S/Ldr A. P. Zelený MBE given at Prague on 23. 11. 2017.
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