| No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF | |
|---|---|
_Squadron_RAF&sq=&lang=&file=File:No._311_Squadron_RAF_badge.gif){kind=icon} Badge of № 311 Squadron RAF | |
| Active | 29 July 1940 – 15 February 1946 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Allegiance |  Czechoslovak National Liberation Committee |
| Branch | _Squadron_RAF&sq=&lang=&file=File:Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} Royal Air Force |
| Role | Bomber, maritime patrol, transport |
| Nickname(s) | Czechoslovak |
| Motto(s) | (Czech): Na množství nehleďte ("Never regard their numbers", Hussite battle cry) |
| Insignia | |
| Squadron badge | A thresher and a morning star in saltire, the halves fracted. |
| Squadron codes | KX (July 1940 – April 1942)[1] PP (1945 – February 1946)[2] |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Bomber | Vickers Wellington Consolidated Liberator |
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 worst 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 per cent) died while serving with 311 Squadron.[3]
After the end of the war, 311 Squadron was disbanded as an RAF unit and became the 6 letecká divize ("6th Air Division") of the reformed Czechoslovak Air Force.
- ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 64.
- ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 83.
- ^ Ludikar, Marcel (18 September 2014). "A short history of the Czechoslovak Air Force in WW2 and the Post-War Period". Free Czechoslovak Air Force. Retrieved 12 October 2017.