315 SQUADRON AIRFIELDS AND THE AREAS OF ITS OPERATIONS

AIRFIELD DAY OF  TRANSFER WAR EFFORT 
Acklington  Jan 8th, 1941 unit's formation
Speke  Mar 13th, 1941 -
Northolt  July 14th, 1941 see Northolt total below
Woodvale Apr 1st, 1942 -
Northolt Sep 5th, 1942 152 ops sorties
Hutton Cranswick Jun 2nd, 1943 -
Ballyhalbert  July 6th, 1943 -
Heston Sep 13th, 1943 58 ops sorties
Coolham Apr 1st, 1943 63 ops sorties
Holmsley South Jun 22nd, 1944 6 ops sorties
Ford Jun 26th, 1944 8 ops sorties
Brenzett Jul 10th, 1944 33 ops sorties
Andrews Field Oct 10th, 1944 see Andrews Field total below
Peterhead Oct 30th, 1944 29 ops sorties
Andrews Field  Jan 16th, 1945 41 ops sorties
Coltishall Aug 10th, 1945 9 ops sorties

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Click thumbnail to see big image of the map prepared by W/O Jerzy Drazek and displayed at RAF Coltishall.

 

- COMMANDERS -
21 January 1941 - Stanislaw Pietraszkiewicz
22 September 1941 - Wladyslaw Szczesniewski
9 November 1941 - Stefan Janus
7 May 1942 - Mieczyslaw Wiorkiewicz
26 September 1942 - Tadeusz Sawicz
17 April 1943 - Jerzy Poplawski
16 February 1944 - Eugeniusz Horbaczewski
19 August 1944 - Tadeusz Andersz
7 April 1945 - Wladyslaw Potocki
? February 1945 - Jan Siekierski

 

- AIRCRAFT -
February 1941 - Hawker Hurricane Mk I
July 1941 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk II
September 1941 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk VA, VB, VC
October 1942 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
June 1943 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB
March 1944 -
North American Mustang Mk III