Czechoslovak Flight
of
No. 68 Night Fighter Squadron


Picture: Head of owl drew
Motto:


"VZDY PRIPRAVEN"
in English it means
"ALWAYS READY"


Code Letters: WM
Date of Establish: 7th January 1941
Place of Establish: Catterick
Date of Disband: 20th April 1945
Place of Disband: Church Fenton


Base stations of No. 68 Night Fighter Squadron

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


Squadron Commanders of No. 68 Night Fighter Squadron

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 04.02.1945 20.04.1945


Flight Commanders of Flight "B"
(Czechoslovak from 20th January 1942)

From To
S/Ldr Vlastimil Vesely, DFC 14.02.1942 01.04.1943
S/Ldr Frantisek Sykora 01.04.1943 10.10.1943
S/Ldr Miroslav Mansfeld, DSO, DFC 10.10.1943 20.04.1945


Types of planes used by No. 68 Night Fighter Squadron

Aircraft 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
De Havilland Mosquito NF Mk.XXX February 1945 April 1945


Czechoslovak Staff at No. 68 Squadron


Source : "Stihaci nad Kanalem",J. Rajlich, J. Sehnal, Nase vojsko, 1993


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