Czechoslovak Flight
of
No. 68 Night Fighter Squadron
| Picture: |
Head of owl drew |
Motto:
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"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
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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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