Czechoslovak Flight of No. 68 Squadron
Badge: Head of owl drew
Motto: "VŽDY PŘIPRAVEN"
in English
"ALWAYS READY"
Code Letters: WM
Date of Establishment: 7th January 1941
Place of Establishment: Catterick
Date of Disbandment: 20th April 1945
Place of Disbandment: Church Fenton
No. 68 Squadron Stations
Station | From | To |
Catterick, Yorkshire | 07.01.1941 | 17.04.1941 |
High Ercall, Shropshire detachment Valley, Angelsey |
17.04.1941 | 08.03.1942 |
Coltishall, Norfolk detachment Peterhead, Aberdeenshire |
08.03.1942 | 05.02.1944 |
Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire | 05.02.1944 | 01.03.1944 |
Fairwood Common, Glanmorgan | 01.03.1944 | 24.06.1944 |
Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire | 24.06.1944 | 27.10.1944 |
Coltishall, Norfolk | 27.10.1944 | 08.02.1945 |
Wittering, Northamptonshire | 08.02.1945 | 27.02.1945 |
Coltishall, Norfolk | 27.02.1945 | 15.03.1945 |
Church Fenton, Yorkshire | 15.03.1945 | 20.04.1945 |
No. 68 Squadron Commanding Officers
Commanding Officer | From | To |
S/Ldr D. L. Clarkson | 07.01.1941 | 03.02.1941 |
W/Cdr John W. M. „Max“ Aitken, DSO, DFC | 03.02.1941 | 24.01.1943 |
W/Cdr Anthony P. Dottridge, DFC | 24.01.1943 | 21.10.1943 |
W/Cdr Dennis Hayley-Bell, DFC | 21.10.1943 | 14.08.1944 |
W/Cdr George Howden, DFC | 14.08.1944 | 04.02.1945 |
W/Cdr William L. Gill, DFC | 20.04.1945 | 04.02.1945 |
B Flight Commanding Officers
(B flight was manned by entirely Czechoslovak personnel from 20th January 1942)
B Flight Commanding Officer | From | To |
S/Ldr Vlastimil Veselý, DFC | 14.02.1942 | 01.04.1943 |
S/Ldr František Sýkora | 01.04.1943 | 10.10.1943 |
S/Ldr Miroslav Mansfeld, DSO, DFC | 10.10.1943 | 20.04.1945 |
Used Aircraft Types
Aircraft Type | From | To |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF | February 1941 | May 1941 |
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF | May 1941 | February 1943 |
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF | January 1943 | July 1944 |
De Havilland Mosquito NF Mk.XVII | July 1944 | February 1945 |
De Havilland Mosquito NF Mk.XIX | July 1944 | February 1945 |
Czechoslovak Staff with No. 68 Squadron
Sources & Literature
News
17/09/2017 21:12
Říkali mu Zeke - update
More details added about the recently released book "Říkali mu Zeke"
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11/09/2017 23:21
Invitation to the commemorative event in Rozna 7. 10. 2017
Added invitation to the commemorative event in Rozna 7. 10. 2017 + the book "Říkali mu Zeke" launch.
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27/08/2017 09:16
Říkali mu Zeke - more details
More details about book Říkali mu Zeke has been added to separate page in section Books.
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23/08/2017 22:25
Říkali mu Zeke - new book coming soon
Added cover of my new book Říkali mu Zeke coming soon.
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25/06/2017 09:49
Book Mechanikem RCAF updated
Added new photo on page Mechanikem RCAF taken at Vancouver, British Columbia.
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