No. 313 Squadron RAF | |
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The official badge of the №. 313 Squadron RAF
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Active | 10 May 1941 – 15 February 1946 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Allegiance | Czechoslovakia |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Motto(s) | (Czech): Jeden jestřáb mnoho vran rozhání ("One hawk chases away many crows") |
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Squadron Badge | A hawk volant, wings elevated and addorsed |
Squadron Codes | RY (May 1941 - Feb 1946) |
No. 313 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovak-manned fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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.