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The squadron's duties included coastal patrols and shipping reconnaissance flights. 312 Squadron pilots at RAF Harrowbeer in Devon in 1942 just after being decorated by Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš. On 23 June 1942 Sqn Ldr Vašátko was killed in action and Sqn Ldr Jan Čermák was appointed to succeed him. [3]
In August 1945 the RAF's four Czechoslovak squadrons, numbers 310, 311, 312, and 313, all relocated to Czechoslovakia and became part of the Czechoslovak armed forces. By then 310, 312 and 313 squadrons were equipped with Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX aircraft and 311 Squadron was equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. The ...
Initially the squadron was equipped with Hawker Hurricane I fighters. [1] The squadron was operational in only a month and as part of 12 Group [2] took part in the Battle of Britain as part of the Duxford Big Wing. The squadron claimed 37½ victories in the battle. 310 Squadron pilots in front of a Hawker Hurricane at RAF Duxford in September 1940
Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain#Czechoslovakia; List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons#Czechoslovakian (310–313): No. 310 Squadron RAF; No. 311 Squadron RAF; No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF; No. 313 Squadron RAF
The squadron deployed 318 airmen formed into 53 aircrew. 94 were killed on operations and 34 were captured, a loss rate of more than 40 per cent. [16] Unlike crews drawn from Britain or the Commonwealth nations, there were no Czechoslovakian replacement crews arriving to fill the ranks of the lost. To keep the squadron functional, it would have ...
From 29 June the squadron spent a few days at RAF Tangmere, [9] also in West Sussex. On 4 July it spent a week at RAF Lympne [9] in Kent. On 11 July 1944 the squadron moved to RAF Skeabrae [9] on Orkney in Scotland. The squadron briefly flew the Spitfire VII in July and August 1944. [5] On 3 October 1944 the squadron moved to RAF North Weald [9] in
Jan Klán (22 January 1911 – 10 December 1986) was a Czech fighter ace of World War II who achieved five aerial victories during the Battle of France. He later served as commander of No. 312 Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, and as deputy commander of the 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Air Regiment during the Slovak National Uprising.
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