| Name | Rank | Unit | Unit Role | |
| SACHER | Adolf | AC2 | Depot | Clerk, General Duties |
| SADIL | František Josef | W/O | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| SÁDLO, MBE | Josef | W/O | 311 | Fitter I |
| SAJVER | Vratislav | P/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SAKRAJDA | František | LAC | 311 | Photographer |
| SALAČ | Vladimír | Cpl | 311 | Electrician I |
| SALAČOVÁ [Trotter] | Ljuba | WAAF | ||
| SALAČOVÁ [Cassey] | Věra | WAAF | ||
| SALÁT | Josef | Cpl | 311 | Fitter II A |
| SALZ | Karel | Sgt | 111 OTU | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SAMAY | Frank | AC2 | 31 PD | Ground staff |
| SAMEK [Mojžíšek] | Jaroslav [Evald] | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff/General Duties |
| SAMEL | Andrew | LAC | 310 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SAMEL | Pavel | W/O | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SAPÁK | František | LAC | 311 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SAPÁK | Jakub | W/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SAPÁK | Jarolím | Cpl | 311 | Fitter II E |
| SARKANIČOVÁ [Baranovská] | Margarita | Radio operator | ||
| SAXL | Jaroslav | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| SAXL | Miloš | AC2 | 311 | Mechanic |
| SCHAIEROVÁ | Marione Anna | LACW | WAAF | |
| SCHÄFFER | Ladislav | Sgt | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SCHÄFFER [Rohan] | Bedřich | F/Lt | 280 | Pilot |
| SCHALLHEIMOVÁ | Alžběta | Sgt | WAAF | |
| SCHALL | Egon | LAC | 310 | Ground staff |
| SCHALL | Jacques | Sgt | 310 | Safety Equip. Worker |
| SCHEJBAL | František | Sgt | 6 OTU | Air Gunner |
| SCHEJBAL, CBE | Josef | G/Cpt | HQ London | Pilot |
| SCHELLONG, AFM | Jaroslav | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator, Pilot |
| SCHERMER | Jindřich | AC2 | Depot | ACH/G.D. |
| SCHIESLER | Josef Oldřich | Sgt | 311 | Electrician II |
| SCHILLER | Jiří Antonín | LAC | 311 | Equipment Assistant |
| SCHLESINGER [Scott] | Arnold | LAC | 311 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SCHLESINGEROVÁ | Deborah | WAAF | ||
| SCHMIDT | František | Cpl | 311 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SCHNEIDER | Bedřich | S/Ldr | RAF Driffeld | Interpreter, Adjutant |
| SCHNEIDEROVÁ | Theresie | Cpl | WAAF | |
| SCHNEIDEROVÁ [Rytířová] | Margareta [Margit] | LACW | 310 | Operation training unit |
| SCHNEIDEROVÁ | Theresie | Cpl | WAAF | |
| SCHNITZLER | Matonia Bohdan | Sgt | Depot | Pilot |
| SCHOLZ | Rudolf | Sgt | 311 | Flight Engineer |
| SCHÖNGUT [Sherwood] | Vítězslav | Cpl | 312 | Equipment Assistant |
| SCHÖNGUTOVÁ | Marianna | LACW | WAAF | |
| SCHOŘ | Karel | F/Lt | 311 | Pilot |
| SCHUROVÁ | Karla | LACW | WAAF | Signals |
| SCHÜCK | Josef | S/Ldr | 312 | Administration and Special Duties |
| SCHÜCK | Karel Wolfgang | W/O | 311 | Interpreter, Navigator |
| SCHÜCK-KOLBEN | Gerhard Pavel | Sgt | 31 EFTS | Pilot |
| SCHULCZ | Pavel | F/O | 105 OTU | Interpreter/Technical Branch |
| SCHULHOF | František | Cpl | 311 | Technical, Interpreter |
| SCHULHOFOVÁ [Wilson] | Lucie Malvina | Sgt | WAAF | Clerk, Signaller |
| SCHWARZ | Ivan Otto | W/O | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SCHWARZ | Jiří | Sgt | 311 | Fitter – Flight Engineer |
| SCHWARZ | Jiří | Sgt | 56 OTU | Pilot |
| SCHWARZ | Josef | LAC | 312 | Nursing Orderly |
| SCHWARZ | Teodor | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SCHWARZHOPFOVÁ | Sgt | WAAF | ||
| SEBERA | Jan | F/Sgt | 311 | Fitter I |
| SECKÝ, OBE | Ferdinand | W/Cdr | Depot | Pilot |
| SEĎA | František | Sgt | 9 SFTS | Pilot |
| SEDLÁČEK | Alois | P/O | 10 AOS | Navigator |
| SEDLÁČEK | Josef | Sgt | 9 SFTS | Pilot trainee |
| SEDLÁČEK | Miroslav | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| SEDLÁČEK | Mojmír | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SEDLÁČEK | Oldřich | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| SEDLÁČEK | Rudolf | F/O | 311 | Armaments Officer |
| SEDLÁK | Miroslav | F/Sgt | 311 | Flight Engineer |
| SEDLÁK | Zdeněk | F/Sgt | 311 | Flight Engineer |
| SEHNAL | Jiří | F/O | 310 | Intelligence Officer |
| SEJPKA | František | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| SEJPKA | Miroslav | AC2 | 311 | Ground staff |
| SELICHAR | Oldřich | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| SELIGMANN | Richard | Cpl | 19 BS | Wireless Mechanic |
| SELUCKÝ | Josef | AC1 | 311 | Electrician I |
| SEMERDÁK | Július | LAC | 310 | Flight Mechanic A |
| SEMLER | Jan Hanuš | F/Sgt | 311 | Flight Engineer |
| SICHER | Jiří Pavel | AC2 | Depot | Navigator trainee |
| SICHROVSKÝ | Oldřich | LAC | 310 | Flight Mechanic A |
| SICHROVSKÝ | Zdeněk Josef | W/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SIEGLER | Josef | LAC | 311 | Photographer |
| SIGMUND | Bohumil Vladimír | F/Lt | 311 | Navigator |
| SIGMUND | Jan | LAC | 312 | Fitter II E |
| SIGMUND | Robert | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SIKLENKA | Štefan | LAC | 310 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SILBERMANN [Sládek] | Hanuš | LAC | 312 | Wireless Mechanic |
| SIMET | Josef | F/Lt | 311 | Pilot |
| SINCHAK | Michael | AC2 | 31 PD | Ground staff |
| SINGER | Evžen | LAC | 311 | Instrument Repair I |
| SINGER | Josef | AC2 | 311 | Ground staff |
| SÍTÁR | František | AC2 | 311 | Ground staff |
| SÍTÁR | Josef | AC1 | 311 | Electrician II |
| SITENSKÝ | Ladislav | Sgt | 312 | Interpreter, Technician, Photographer |
| SIXTA | František | F/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SKÁCELÍK | František | F/O | 312 | Engineering Officer |
| SKÁKAL | Ladislav | F/O | Depot | Interpreter |
| SKÁKAL | Vlastimil | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SKALICKÝ | Rudolf | Sgt | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SKALÍK | František | F/Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| SKIRKA | Jindřich Petr | F/Lt | 310 | Pilot |
| SKLÁŘ | Bedřich | Sgt | 311 | Flight Engineer |
| SKLENÁŘ | Bohumil | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| SKLENÁŘ | Cyril | Cpl | 310 | Armourer |
| SKOPAL | Jan | W/O | 313 | Pilot |
| SKOŘEPA | Zdeněk | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SKOUMAL | František | LAC | 311 | Wireless Mechanic |
| SKOUPÝ | Ladislav | LAC | 310 | Instrument Repair II |
| SKŘIVÁNEK | Václav | Sgt | 32 | Pilot |
| SKUTEK | Pavel | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SKUTIL | Jaroslav | P/O | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SLABÝ | Jaroslav | P/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SLADKOVSKÝ | Josef | Sgt | 311 | Armourer |
| SLÁMA | Karel Petr | F/Lt | 313 | Pilot |
| SLÁNSKÝ | Vladimír | F/Lt | 311 | Pilot |
| SLAVÍK | Miroslav | AC1 | 31 PD | Unfit, discharged |
| SLAVÍK | Miroslav | Sgt | 312 | Pilot trainee |
| SLEPICA | Jaroslav | F/O | 313 | Pilot |
| SLEZÁČEK | Stanislav | F/O | 311 | Fitter – Flight Engineer |
| SLEZÁK | František | Sgt | 5 AFU | Pilot |
| SLEZÁK | Vojtěch | W/O | 312 | Fitter I |
| SLÍPKA | Hugo Jindřich | F/O | 311 | Education Officer |
| SLÍVA | Josef Rudolf | F/O | 68 | Radar Operator |
| SLOVÁČEK | František | Cpl | 311 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SLOVÁK | Josef | P/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SLOVIAK | František | Sgt | 311 | Fitter I |
| SMEJKAL | Jan | Sgt | 311 | Fitter I |
| SMEKAL | Walter | 311 | Medicial Officer | |
| SMIK, DFC | Otto | S/Ldr | 127 | Pilot |
| SMOLÍK | Jan | AC2 | Depot | Pilot trainee |
| SMOLÍK | Václav | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| SMOLÍK, DFC, DFM | Vojtěch | F/Lt | 312 | Pilot |
| SMOLÍK | Zdeněk | Sgt | Depot | Pilot |
| SMRČEK | Leonard | P/O | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| SMRČKA | Václav | F/O | 311 | Pilot |
| SMUTNÝ | Jaroslav | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| SNÍDAL | Ladislav | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SOBOTA | Miroslav | F/O | 311 | Navigator |
| SOBOTKA | Vladimír | Sgt | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SOCHOR | Vladimír | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| SOKOL | Josef | F/Lt | 310 | Pilot |
| SOMMER | Erich | LAC | 311 | Cook |
| SOMMERNITZ | Harry George | Sgt | 310 | Interpreter |
| SOTOLÁŘ | Josef | Cpl | 312 | Armourer |
| SOUČEK | Jaroslav | AC2 | 312 | Ground staff |
| SOUDEK | Rudolf | F/Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SOUHRADA | Václav | AC2 | 312 | Ground staff |
| SOUKUP | Alois | F/Sgt | 312 | Fitter II |
| SOUKUP | Oldřich | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| SOUKUP | Václav | F/Lt | 312 | Pilot |
| SOUKUP | Vilém | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| SOUKUP | Vladimír Josef | W/O | 312 | Pilot |
| SPIEGEL | Mikuláš | LAC | 311 | Wireless Mechanic |
| SPITZ | Hanuš | LAC | 311 | a/c Finisher |
| SPITZ | Tibor | LAC | 311 | Electrician I |
| SPITZ | Václav | W/O | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SPITZER | Rolf | LAC | Depot | Equipment Assistant |
| SPITZKOPF | Karel | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SPOK | Josef | AC2 | 311 | Ground staff |
| SPRINGER | Rudolf | Cpl | Depot | Fitter II E |
| SRDÍNKO | Jan | Cpl | 311 | Fitter II E |
| SRKALA | Antonín | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| STACH | Jan | F/Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| STACH, DFC | Josef | F/O | 311 | Pilot |
| STANĚK | Arnošt | F/Sgt | 310 | Pilot |
| STANĚK | Jiří | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| STANĚK | Stanislav | AC2 | Depot | Armourer |
| STANINEC | Vasil | AC1 | Depot | Cook |
| STANO | Walter | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| STANOVSKÝ | Jan | Sgt | 1429 COTF | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| STÁREK | Karel | AC2 | Depot | Ground staff |
| STEHLÍK | Josef | F/Lt | 312 | Pilot |
| STEHNO | Milan | W/O | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| STEIN | František Osvald | LAC | 311 | Flight Mechanic A |
| STEIN | Jan | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| STEIN | Karel | Cpl | 311 | Photographer |
| STEINEROVÁ [Neubauerová] | Alžběta | LACW2 | WAAF | |
| STEINBRECHER | Leo | LAC | 311 | Carpenter I |
| STEINER | Bedřich | F/O | Depot | Interpreter, Technician |
| STEINER | František | F/Sgt | 312 | Pilot |
| STEINER | Rudolf | LAC | 310 | Cook |
| STEJSKAL | Jan Maria František | F/O | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| STERN | Jan Jiří | LAC | 312 | Nursing Orderly |
| STERNOVÁ | René | ACW2 | WAAF | Nursing Orderly |
| STIASSNÁ [Stránská] | Terezie A. | Sgt | WAAF | Clerk |
| STIASSNIEOVÁ | Annelise | WAAF | ||
| STIBOR | Emil | LAC | 310 | Flight Mechanic A |
| STIBOR | Karel | Sgt | 56 OTU | Pilot |
| STIESS | Jan | F/Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| STOČEK | Alois | F/Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| STOČEK | Milan Maxmilián | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| STOČES | Karel Metoděj | W/O | 313 | Engineering Officer |
| STODŮLKA | Marcel | AC2 | 310 | Ground staff |
| STOJAN | Karel Josef | P/O | 313 | Pilot |
| STOKLÁSEK | František | F/Sgt | 311 | Fitter I |
| STOLAŘÍK | František | Cpl | 311 | Electrician I |
| STRACHOŇ | Přibyslav | Sgt | 311 | Air Gunner |
| STRAKA | Karel | AC2 | Depot | ACH/G.D. |
| STRAKATÝ | Zdeněk | AC2 | Depot | Armourer |
| STRÁNSKÝ, DFC | Josef | S/Ldr | 21 | Pilot |
| STRÁNSKÝ | Ernst Arnost | |||
| STRÁNSKÝ | Otta | LAC | 311 | Instrument Repair II |
| STŘÍBRNÝ | Josef | F/Lt | 311 | Navigator |
| STŘIHAVKA [Scott] | Jaromír [Peter] | F/Lt | 310 | Pilot |
| STRNAD [Kříž] | František | AC2 | 310 | Ground staff |
| STROUHAL | Alois | W/O | 311 | Wireless Operator |
| STRUPEK | Václav | F/O | 312 | Engineering Officer |
| STRYK | Karel | F/Sgt | 313 | Flight Engineer II, Pilot |
| STUDENÝ | Antonín | S/Ldr | 310 | Signal Officer |
| STUDENÝ | Jaroslav | W/Cdr | 310 | Pilot |
| STUKHARTOVÁ | Alice | Sgt | WAAF | |
| STUTZMANN | Ferdynand | F/Lt | 315 | Pilot |
| STYBLÍK | Miroslav | W/O | 111 OTU | Pilot |
| SUCHÝ [Grossman] | František | P/O | 311 | Technical |
| SUDICKÁ [Šumová] | Ida Marie | LACW | WAAF | Assistant Meteorologist |
| SUKANÝ | Vladimír | F/Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SULEK | Otto H. | F/Lt | 429 | MU/Air Gunner |
| SURE | Jan Pavel | LAC | 5 MD | Pilot trainee |
| SŮSA | Josef | W/O | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SUSAT | Karel | F/Lt | 313 | Medical Officer |
| SÜSSLANDOVÁ | Eliška Alžběta | WAAF | Radiotelegraphist | |
| SVÁTEK | Karel | P/O | 310 | Equipment Officer |
| SVÁTEK | Lubomír | F/Lt | 311 | Navigator |
| SVĚCENÝ [Sweeney] | Antonín | F/O | 310 | Pilot |
| SVĚTLÁČEK | Rudolf | Cpl | 311 | Armourer |
| SVĚTLÍK, DFC | Ladislav | F/Lt | 312 | Pilot |
| SVOBODA | Jindřich | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
| SVOBODA | Josef | Sgt | 311 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| SVOBODA | Josef | F/O | 311 | Technical Branch |
| SVOBODA | Karel | Cpl | 312 | Carpenter |
| SVOBODA | Milan | AC2 | Depot | Pilot trainee |
| SVOBODA | Pavel | W/O | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SVOBODA | Rudolf | F/O | 310 | Wireless Officer |
| SVOBODA | Svatopluk | LAC | 311 | Armourer |
| SVOBODA [Scott] | Jan [John] | W/O | 310 | Pilot |
| SVRČEK | Florian | LAC | 311 | Ground staff |
| SÝKORA, DFC | František | S/Ldr | 68 | Pilot |
| SÝKORA | Karel | AC2 | Depot | Pilot trainee |
| SYNEK | František | LAC | 311 | Flight Mechanic E |
| SYNEK | František | LAC | 312 | Wireless Operator trainee |
| SZALAY | Evžen | AC2 | 312 | Ground staff |
| SZARKÖZY | Josef | F/Sgt | 311 | Air Gunner |
| SZELIGA [Šeliga] | Emil | Sgt | 311 | Pilot |
Page last updated: 10 March 2025
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Personnel
Frantisek Seda
He was from Czechoslovakia. He was 26 and served with 9 S.F.T.S.
He is commemorated on the BATA war memorial in East Tilbury, Essex.
Frant Seda’s Grave in Chippenham (London Road) Cemetery
Sergeant
Service Number 787666
Aged 26
9 S.F.T.S. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Of Czechoslovakia
Formerly from Czechoslovakia he had recently been married to Joan Malthoff from Thorpe Bay, Essex, although they were planning to move to East Tilbury at the first opportunity.
Before the war Frantisek Seda was a pilot employed by the Bata Shoe Company at Zlin. At the time of the Munich agreement, in company with another Bata Pilot, he had flown to Gravesend with two Zlin twelves, light aircraft turned out at the Company’s Zlin factory.
Frant died on Tuesday 12th August 1941, aged 26.
He was killed whilst flying in Master I, T8378 of No 9 Service Flying Training School, which crashed after colliding with an Oxford during a training flight.
There is a monument where all the names of C-S personnel in the RAF are inscribed. Where is it? Do you have pics? Thanks so much!
[Moderators comment: THose names are on the Winged Lion Monument, at Klarov, Prague – more information here: https://fcafa.com/2017/11/15/winged-lion-names-unveiling-13-11-2017/ ]
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