311. (czechoslovak) squadron RAF
Well. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
311. czechoslovak bomber squadron
the period of existence of the / Active
311. squadron RAF [1940-1946 period]
motto / Motto
Of their number (Never regard their numbers)
history / History
29.07.1940 - based at the base of the Honington as a bomber squadron composed of czechoslovak personnel
10./11.09.1940 - first sortie (a raid on the Brussels), another nearly two years carried out mainly night raids on targets in Germany, Italy and occupied Europe
30.04.1942 - assigned to the coastal air force, was patrolling over the bay of Biscay and later over the north Atlantic and the baltic sea
04.06.1945 - the last operating years, after the squadron transferred to transport air force and carried out repatriation flights to Czechoslovakia
15.02.1946 - de jure disbanded as a squadron of the RAF
Article about the history of 311. czechoslovak bomber squadron - Třistajedenáctka has sixty
combat results
Bomber Command - 1029 operational flights in the length of 5341 hours. Toppled 1086,549 t cluster and 94 718 pcs of incendiary bombs. Lost 94 killed and missing and 34 captured airmen.
Coastal Command - 2102 operational flights in the length of 21 527 hours. Attacked 35 submarines and 4 ships and was officially recognized shooting down 4 enemy aircraft, 3 probably, and 14 damaged. An additional 34 flights in a length of 240 hours to take her crew in the bailout Bomber Command. Lost 104 of the fallen airmen.
source
Rajlich,Jiří: The sky proud Albion, 1. part, Ares, Prague 1999, ISBN 80-86158-17-9.
Well. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
311. czechoslovak bomber squadron
the period of existence of the / Active
311. squadron RAF [1940-1946 period]
motto / Motto
Of their number (Never regard their numbers)
history / History
29.07.1940 - based at the base of the Honington as a bomber squadron composed of czechoslovak personnel
10./11.09.1940 - first sortie (a raid on the Brussels), another nearly two years carried out mainly night raids on targets in Germany, Italy and occupied Europe
30.04.1942 - assigned to the coastal air force, was patrolling over the bay of Biscay and later over the north Atlantic and the baltic sea
04.06.1945 - the last operating years, after the squadron transferred to transport air force and carried out repatriation flights to Czechoslovakia
15.02.1946 - de jure disbanded as a squadron of the RAF
Article about the history of 311. czechoslovak bomber squadron - Třistajedenáctka has sixty
combat results
Bomber Command - 1029 operational flights in the length of 5341 hours. Toppled 1086,549 t cluster and 94 718 pcs of incendiary bombs. Lost 94 killed and missing and 34 captured airmen.
Coastal Command - 2102 operational flights in the length of 21 527 hours. Attacked 35 submarines and 4 ships and was officially recognized shooting down 4 enemy aircraft, 3 probably, and 14 damaged. An additional 34 flights in a length of 240 hours to take her crew in the bailout Bomber Command. Lost 104 of the fallen airmen.
source
Rajlich,Jiří: The sky proud Albion, 1. part, Ares, Prague 1999, ISBN 80-86158-17-9.
