No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF

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No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF was a World War II bomber and later coastal command unit of the Royal Air Force, formed from Czechoslovak airmen who had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coastal Command squadron
Royal Air Force squadron
bomber squadron
military unit
allegiance Czechoslovak government-in-exile
Royal Air Force
associatedWith Czechoslovak resistance
surface form: Czechoslovak resistance to Nazi occupation
basedIn Great Britain
branch Royal Air Force Bomber Command
RAF Coastal Command
surface form: Royal Air Force Coastal Command
category Czechoslovak military history
Royal Air Force units
surface form: Royal Air Force squadrons

World War II air units of the United Kingdom
composedOf Czechoslovak airmen
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom
era World War II
formedFrom Czechoslovak airmen who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe
garrisonCountry United Kingdom
hasEthnicComposition Czechoslovak personnel
hasNationalityTradition Czechoslovak
historicalPeriod 20th century
languageOfPersonnel Czech
Slovak
mottoLanguage Czech
notableAspect one of several Czechoslovak squadrons in the RAF
notableFor being a Czechoslovak-manned squadron in the RAF
operatedBy Royal Air Force
operationalControl Royal Air Force Bomber Command
surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAF Coastal Command
operationalStatus disbanded
opposedTo Nazi Germany
participatedIn anti-submarine operations
maritime patrol operations
strategic bombing operations
primaryEnemy U-boats
surface form: Kriegsmarine U-boats

Luftwaffe
recruitedFrom Czechoslovak exiles
Czechoslovakia
role anti-submarine warfare
bomber squadron
maritime patrol
service Royal Air Force
theatre European theatre of World War II
type front-line operational squadron

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Czechoslovak Air Force notableUnit No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF