No XI Panel Nos.310 and 312 Sqns in Great Britain
117-119.No Czechoslovak Sqn 310 was established on July 12 1940 at Duxford. Total personal of
106 pilots included 6 Brits. First combat with enemy Aug 26 1940. Killed 31, captured 4
Score : 54 downed, 19 probables, damaged 28.
Hurricanne Mks I and II till Dec 1941. Spitfires of various types Oct 1940 - Aug 1945
120.Only the fighter pilot Vavřinek survived WWII
L to R: Kotyba, Jicha, Hlouzek, Vavřinek [Kottibba, Yeekha, Hlouzhaeck, Vavrzheeneck]
121.The badge of No 310 Sq.
122.Pilot is being congratulated on his succesfull operational flight / Duxford Feb 21 1941
L to R: S/Ldr. Jeffries-Latimer DFC, Sgt.Brezovsky, Sgt. Dvorak, F/O Dolezal, F/O
Zaoral, P/O Hanus [Brzhaezovskee, Dvorzhahk, Dollaezhal, Zaorral, Hannoosh]
NOTE : Acting as an instructor of 310 Sqn, S/Ldr Latimer DFC made his Czechs he was
in charge for follow his orders instantly and correctly. That reason for he was nicknamed
[Vaentsa Rush ] by them. Despite S/Ldr Latimer`s DFC reacting briskly, four pilots of
310 Sqn were downed by Luftwaffe`s JG 26 over Kent on November 5, 1940 - S/ Ldr
Latimer, Sgts Dvorak, Mlejnecky and P/O Puda [ Dvorzhahk, Mlaynnaetskee, Poodda]
and none of them was killed or seriously injured. S/Ldr Latimer DFC made his wheels up
landing at the Hornchurch and Dvorak at the Gravesend Roche airfields..
123.Accompanied by Squadron Leader Hess Sir Sinclair paid a visit to No.310 Sqn during
Battle of Britain - Duxford [ Haess ]
124.87 Czechs and Slovaks took part in Battle of Britain. Seven of them were killed.
125.Squadron 312 set up Sept 5 1940 at Duxford. First engagement Oct 8 1940.
126.Score !13 downed, 14 probables, 9 damaged. Killed 14, taken prisoners 6
127.S/Ldr. Ambrus second from left at the Duxford AF
L to R ; Hlobil, Ambrus, Tyson, Duda [ Hlobbil, Ambroosh, Doodda
128.Spitfire Mk I of 312 Sqn at readiness
129.Harrowbeer Oct 5 1942
Standing Listkutin, sitting L to R : Osendorf, Novotny, Tocauer and Ruprecht
[Lishkuttyin, Ossaendorf, Novvotnee, Tottsower, Rooppraekht]
No XII Panel Battle of Britain - Phases I and II
130.Luftwaffe`s attacks in the 1st Phase
131.Distances from German bases to British objectives
132.Britain`s saviours
133.A Whitley night bomber
134.A WAAF member at work
135.South East England
136+137.Distances from British bases to German objectives
TEXT : The First Phase of the Battle of Britain lasted from 8th to 18th August 1940.
Luftwaffe intended to establish full mastery of air by putting fighter airfields out of action.
German goal was to draw British fighters off by bombing coastal towns and make main
assault on airfield or port an hour later. The total German losses amounted to 697 aircraft
against a British loss of 153 machines. 60 pilot were saved.
The Phase Two was opened on August 19. Main weight of the German attack was directed
against fighter aerodromes and aircraft factories inland. The enemy lost 562 planes, RAF
219 aircraft but only 87 pilots
138.Ports on the South coast were hit often
139.Night-time raids were becoming incessant
140.Ground staff servicing a Hampden bomber
141.Operation Section Room
142.At a Hampden`s controls
143. Wellington bombers bore the brunt of the British 1940 Bomber Offensive
No XIII PaneI Battle of Britain Phase III
144. tactics of the Royal Air Force
145.behind a target finder
146.The Majesties inspecting damage to the Palace
147.They withstood
148.front of their bomber
149.Home Defence Room
150.London should have been wiped out
151.in the cockpit
152.in the bomber
153.this plane bombed the palace on Sept 15, 1940
154.demolished by a raider
TEXT : The German wrongly supposed that sufficient damage had been done to make the
RAF incapable of defending London. During the third stage of Battle of Britain lasting from September 6 to October 5, 1940 even 38 main day-time attacks on London were delivered by
Luftwaffe. The high-water mark of this phase came on September 15 in two great attacks,
when Germans lost 185 aircraft. Because fighter escort of the attackers were increased in number and flew high above their companion bombers, the RAF had to react to this tactics.
Spitfire Squadrons were ordered to engage the high flying fighters screen between London and the coast, while Hurricannes attacked the bombers before they reached the airports in
the London district.The total loss of enemy machines in this third phase of the combat amounted to 883 aircraft.In the early morning of Sept. 10 a delayed action bomb caused extensive damage at King`s London home. Five days later, another bomb hit the Palace.
As the attack continued, the proportion of German to British losses rose higher and
higher. For example, on September 27 one RAF group destroyed 99 German aircraft for the
loss of 16 pilots, while on October 5 only one pilot was shot down for an enemy loss of 16
planes.
No XIV Panel Czechoslovak pilots in the Battle of Britain
155.Messeschmitt 109 E at the airfield in Northern France
156.Trails of air battles over London in late summer of the 1940 year
157.Czechoslovak fighter pilots attached to No 111 Sqn patrolling skies above Northern
Scotland in October 1940 - Hurricanne Mark I
158.From L : S/Ldr Brian Lane DFC, P/O Dolezal [Dollaezhal], F/Lt Wilfried Clouston DFC
at Fowlmere AF mid Sept 1940 - with No 19 Sqn.
159.Commander-in-Chief RAF Fighter Command during Battle of Britain
- Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding
160.Radar - one of the victorious weapons of the Britons
161.Rearmed by 0.303 inch ammunition into her Browning machine guns
- a Spitfire Mk I of No 19 Squadron
162.P/O Hradil [Hraddyill] was shot down on November 5, 1940 and crashed into sea
front of his Spitfire Mk IIA at Fowlmere AF in October 1940.
163.In the July-December 1940 period 23 thousand civilians were killed by Luftwaffe
bombardment.
164.P/O Karel Mrazek [ Karrael Mrahzaeck] downed two FIAT CR-42 fighter planes on
Nov 11, 1940 with No 46 Sqn - at Stappleford Tawney
165.Parked in the centre is the machine with which Sgt. Jiri Kucera [ Yirrzhee Koochearra]
attained two victories and another two probables - Hurricanes Mk II at Chibbolton
166.P/O Jiri Machacek [ Yirrzhee Makhahchaeck] took part with No145 Sqn from October
1940 in the toughest defence sector of British Isles
- Tangmere No 11 Group of the Fighter Command
167. The most successful fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain. He gained 17 victories
- Sgt. Josef Frantisek [Yozzaef Franntyishaek] No 303 Polish Squadron
168.He lost his life on October 25 1940 when in the head of battle with Me 109 collided
with another Hurricanne - P/O Vilem Göth [Villehm Gaeth] No 501 Sqn
No XV Panel No 310 Sqn
169. Pilots of the Czechoslovak 310 Fighter Squadron - only a few survived
170.Compliment made by a handshake during his visit to Duxford RAF - L to R :
S/Ldr Hess [Haess], Sir Archibald Sinclair, Sgts. Zima [Zimma] and Seda [Shaedda]
171. Hurricanne Mark I with members of service staff - Duxford January 1941
172.Returning from operational flight, S/Ldr Hess [Haess] explaines his tactics. Me 109
and Dornier 17 downed by him on August 31, 1940.
173.He shot down two and one probably flowing this plane in September 1940
- Sgt. Fürst [ Phirst ] and his NN-D Hurricanne
174.Shot down by a Me 109, he suffered serious burns that day.
- Sgt. Koukal [Kowkkal] taken shortly before September 7, 1940
175.P/O Fechtner [ Faekhtnaer] reached four v ictories and two probables. He lost life in a
mid-air collision on Oct 29, 1940
176.Sgt. Dvorak [Dvorzhahk] lost his life on Sept 24, 1941 while ferrying his NN-V
Hurricanne Mk II from Montrose to Dyce in fog he hit the Leachie Hill near Stoneheaven
- Sgt. Dvorak at Duxford in the 1940/41 winter
177.Six Hurricanes of the 310th Squadron over the Martlesham Heath aerodrome in July 1941
178.Ground crew at the last stage of their work, being watched by the pilot about to take off
- P/O Josef Hybler [Yozzaef Hibblaer] at Duxford AF spring 1941
179.Shooting test of eight Brownings of a Hurricanne Mk. IIA
180.Front of a Hurricanne Mk. IIA fighter pilots Sgt. Srom [Shrom]L and F/O Burda [Boorda]
speaking about dog fighting.
181.No 310 Sq`s pilots. S/Ldr. František Weber [Franntyishaeck Vebr] fourth from the left
- Martlesham Heath AF in July 1941
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