Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force | Allegiance Czechoslovakia | |
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Active 10 May 1941 – 15 February 1946 Motto(s) (Czech): Jeden jestřáb mnoho vran rozhání
("One hawk chases away many crows") Squadron Badge A hawk volant, wings elevated and addorsed | ||
No. 313 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
History
It was first formed at Catterick on 10 May 1941, equipped with Spitfire I fighters and crewed mostly by escaped Czechoslovak pilots. The squadron continued flying various marks of Spitfire from UK airfields until it was transferred to the Czechoslovak air force in August 1945.
References
No. 313 Squadron RAF Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA