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Battle of Britain Album #24: No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF

Armorers preparing belts of .303-inch ammunition for Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1926 DU-J of No. 312 (Czech) Squadron, Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1434.

 

Armorers of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron quickly re-arming one of the squadron's Hurricane for further action at Leconfield, 24 October 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1538.

 

An armorer tightening up the panels covering the gun bays on a Hurricane of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1435.

 

Ground staff working on a Hurricane of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Clearly visible in this photograph is the reserve fuel tank immediately in front of the cockpit, which was the cause of terrible cockpit fires if ignited during combat. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1433.

 

Flight Lieutenant John A Kent "Kentowski", commanding 'A' Flight of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron, standing by Hurricane Mk I RF-F, V6684 at Leconfield, 24 October 1940. Note the Squadron's badge on the left. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1530.

 

A group of pilots of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron standing by the tail of one of their Hurricanes at Leconfield, 24 October 1940. Left to right: Pilot Officer Mirosław "Ox" Ferić, Flying Officer Bogdan Grzeszczak, Pilot Officer Jan "Donald Duck" Zumbach, Flying Officer Zdzisław Henneberg and Flight Lieutenant John A Kent "Kentowski", a Canadian who commanded 'A' Flight. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1533.

 

Sergeants Eugeniusz Szaposznikow, Stanisław Karubin and Kazimierz Wünsche of No. 303 (Polish) Squadron share a joke by one of the squadron's Hurricanes at Leconfield, 24 October 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1539.

 

Pilots of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron in front of a Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1437.

 

Posed photograph of pilots of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron in flying kit 'sprinting' to their Hurricanes at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1436.

 

Formal group portrait of RAF and Czech pilots of No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron at Duxford, September 1940. Imperial War Museum photo CH 1438.

 

 

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