No. 312 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.
Armourers preparing belts of .303-inch ammunition for Hawker Hurricane Mk I DU-J
312 Squadron pilots at RAF Harrowbeer in Devon in 1942 just after being decorated by Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš
Mk IXB Spitfires of 312 Squadron at RAF Appledram being repaired outside a camouflaged Butler combat hangar
Farewell parade of Czechoslovak squadrons at RAF Manston, Kent, on 3 August 1945. Air Marshal John Slessor, with walking stick, inspects some of the men. Air Marshal Karel Janoušek can be seen behind him.
Josef Stehlík
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Josef Stehlík was a Czech fighter ace. In World War II he served in the French Air Force and then the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. In 1944 he transferred to the Eastern Front, where he commanded
No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
…to RAF Speke to join the air defence of Merseyside. Its first victory was on 8 October 1940, when its Yellow Flight (Denys Gillam, Alois Vašátko and Josef Stehlík) shot down a Junkers Ju 88 medium bomber over Liverpool. On 13 October Ambruš led a flight of three Hurricane Mk I fighters on patrol. Over the Irish…
Memorial plaque to Josef Stehlík at Strážek in the Czech Republic
Stehlík shot down Junkers Ju 88 bombers both in Britain and on the Eastern Front