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17th November 2007, 12:00
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Hi Nicholas!
311st Squadron RAF was not "Czech" squadron! It was "CZECHOSLOVAK" squadron! Thanks! Milan 
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18th November 2007, 11:55
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Nicholas,
The 311 Sqn was not using the Mark III version. It had IA, IC and X Wellingtons in possession during 1940-43 period. Regards, Michal
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18th November 2007, 13:47
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
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Slip of the tongue - apologies. No real excuse, especially as I seem to spend half my time correcting people when they ask my fiancee about "Czechoslovakia", and I tell them that they are now 2 countries, not one! (She is from Prague). Kind regards, Nick
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29th November 2007, 22:08
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Nick,
the Wellington R1598 KX-C had the side windows and it was Mk. IC (there are some photos proving this) serving with No. 311 Sq between March 41 and February 42 flying 51 sorties while being destroyed on overshoot, Cranwell, 23.1.43 with No. 3 OTU. Pavel
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29th November 2007, 23:05
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Perhaps they left off the Slovak part of the name in RAF wartime records, as the Slovak government was on the Axis side for much of the war?
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30th November 2007, 10:49
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
I do not think so Larry - everything was officially "CZECHOSLOVAK" - government, ministry of defence, army, airforce with the RAF and also there were quite a lot of Slovaks with the No. 311 Sq.
Pavel
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30th November 2007, 11:57
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Larry,
I have to support Pavel´s comments - if there was sometimes written "Czech" instead of official "Czechoslovak" in the RAF documents, it was rather caused by a general tendency of English language to shorten the words than by any political reasons. After all, many books written in English e.g. use the term Czech AF instead of correct Czechoslovak even when referring to post-war air force. Ota
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29th November 2007, 22:01
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Re: 311 Czech Sqn Wellington: Mk.I or Mk.III?
Hi Milan,
you are 100% right - the official name is "No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Bomber Squadron but I would like to note that in quite a lot of official documents (forms, reports, orders, etc.) written during the war the squadron is noted as "CZECH" only. I personally suppose it was only endeavour of clerks to shorten the text and nothing against the Slovaks;-) Pavel
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