Arrived at RAF Bradwell Bay 03/10/1944
Departed RAF Bradwell Bay 27/02/1945
Aircraft Flown at Bradwell Bay Spitfire HF lX
Squadron Code DU
312 squadron was formed at Duxford on 29 August 1940. Made up mostly of escaped Czechoslovak pilots. 312 came to Bradwell Bay at the beginning of October 1944 as a very experienced squadron flying Spitfires. The Spitfire HF Mk IX was powered by the specialised high-altitude Merlin 70 and entered service in the spring of 1944.
The main role of the squadron during its 5 months based at Bradwell Bay was escorting bombing raids into Germany. On 27th February 1945 the squadron moved to RAF Manston.