No. 311 Squadron — Czechoslovak

Command
Coastal Command

History

No. 311 Squadron was the RAF’s Czechoslovak-manned heavy bomber squadron, forming in July 1940 with Vickers Wellingtons. It served with Bomber Command during the early night bombing campaign before transferring to Coastal Command in 1942 for Atlantic and Bay of Biscay patrols. Later equipped with Liberators, the squadron attacked U-boats and blockade runners, moved to northern Scotland for patrols off Norway in 1944, and after the war flew transport services to Czechoslovakia before ceasing to be an RAF unit in February 1946.

Photographs

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941 Three [Vickers Wellington](/aircraft/4/) Mark ICs, R1378 ‘KX-K' and T2541 ‘KX-A’ and R1410 ‘KX-M’,, of [No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron](/squadrons/388/) RAF based at [East Wretham](/airfields/6134/), Norfolk, flying in port echelon formation over East Anglia.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Bomber_Command,_1939-1941_CH2266.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945 Oblique aerial photograph taken by a [Consolidated Liberator](/aircraft/16/) of [No. 86 Squadron](/squadrons/207/) RAF, showing the 2,700-ton German blockade runner ALSTERUFER, dead in the water in the Bay of Biscay, following an attack with bombs and rocket projectiles by a Liberator of [No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron](/squadrons/388/) RAF had left her seriously damaged and on fire. She finally sank one hour after this photograph was taken.
ⓘ licence & creditNo. 86 Squadron RAF / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command,_1939-1945_C4002.jpgView source & full licence →