No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. It was the RAF's only Czechoslovak-manned medium and heavy bomber squadron. It suffered the heaviest losses of any Czechoslovak formation in the RAF. In the Second World War 511 Czechoslovaks serving in Allied air forces were killed. Of these 273 (53%) died while serving with 311 Squadron.
Three 311 Squadron Wellington Mk IC medium bombers over Norfolk in March 1941
Wellington Mk IC L7842 after being captured in 1941. Its RAF roundels had been replaced with German crosses, but at this stage it still carried its RAF number and call sign.
A 311 Squadron flight crew with their Wellington bomber at RAF East Wretham in Norfolk
The German blockade runner Alsterufer burning after being attacked by Plt Off Oldřich Doležal's Liberator V
The Czechoslovak Air Force or the Czechoslovak Army Air Force was the air force branch of the Czechoslovak Army formed in October 1918. The armed forces of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist on 31 December 1992. By the end of the year, all aircraft of the Czechoslovak Air Force were divided between the Czech Air Force and the Slovak Air Force.
Avia B-534 fighter
Letov Š-328 biplane, a derivative of the Š-28
Tupolev SB medium bomber
Pilots of 310 Squadron at RAF Duxford in front of a Hawker Hurricane Mk I, September 1940
