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
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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