No. 313 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron
| Picture: |
Flying hawk |
Motto:
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"Jeden jestrab mnoho vran rozhani"
in English it means
"One hawk dispel many crows"
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| Code Letters: |
RY |
| Date of Establish: |
10th May 1941 |
| Place of Establish: |
Catterick |
| Date of Disband: |
22nd September 1945 |
| Place of Disband: |
Brno |
Base stations of No. 313 Czechoslovak Fighter Squadron
| 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 Isles |
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 Isles (detachment Sumburgh, Shetland Isles |
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 - Ruzyne (CSR) |
13.08.1945 |
22.09.1945 |
| Brno (CSR) |
22.09.1945 |
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Squadron Commanders of No. 313 Squadron
Flight Commanders of Flight "A"
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From |
To |
| F/Lt Karel Mrazek |
15.05.1941 |
15.12.1941 |
| F/Lt John L. Kilmartin, DFC (British) |
04.06.1941 |
25.06.1941 |
| F/Lt Frantisek Fajtl |
15.12.1940 |
27.04.1942 |
| F/Lt Frantisek Vancl |
27.04.1942 |
21.05.1942 |
| F/Lt Vaclav Hajek |
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 Vaclav Slouf |
21.05.1944 |
30.09.1944 |
| F/Lt Frantisek Masarik |
30.09.1944 |
CSR |
Flight Commanders of Flight "B"
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From |
To |
| F/Lt Jan Cermak |
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 Vaclav Raba |
17.05.1942 |
01.10.1942 |
| F/Lt Bohuslav Kimlicka |
01.10.1942 |
01.01.1943 |
| S/Ldr Vaclav Bergman |
01.01.1943 |
01.09.1943 |
| F/Lt Otmar Kucera, 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 |
CSR |
Types of planes used by No. 313 Squadron
| Aircraft |
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 |
CSR |
Staff of No. 313 Squadron
Source : "Stihaci nad Kanalem", J. Rajlich, J. Sehnal, Nase vojsko, 1993
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