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On 24 August 312 squadron moved to Ruzyně Airport in Prague. [13] It became a squadron of the new Czechoslovak Air Force, and on 15 February 1946 was officially disbanded as an RAF squadron. [1] [9] Seven Spitfire F Mk IXs survive today that flew with the squadron in 1944–45.
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 ...
Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion; 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade (1943–1945) 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
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
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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.
The RAF had three Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadrons: 310 Squadron, 313 Squadron and Vašátko's 312 Squadron. In 1942 it grouped them into a Czechoslovak fighter wing to operate together. On 1 May Vašátko was made its commanding officer and on 30 May 1942 he was promoted to Wing Commander .
He joined No. 312 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron RAF [4] on 5 September 1940 at RAF Duxford and became an operational pilot on 2 October 1940. [5] He flew with 312 Sqn throughout the Battle of Britain, initially as a section leader, [6] and following promotion to Flying Officer Bartos became the deputy flight leader of "B" flight. [7]