Journey into the unknown
. F/Sgt Bohumil Ryšánek served as a Navigator in 311 Sqn. In 1939, as a 25 years old, he chose to leave his homeland and take up arms against the […]
Karel Valasek – Evasion and PoW
P/O Karel Valášek was serving as a pilot with 313 Sqn. when he was shot down in his Spitfire over France. His story of his evasion, capture and being a […]
Spitfire AR501
Michael Burns charts the crowded history of the Shuttlesworth’s Spitfire V AR501. ‘Flypast’ artist Bill Bennett produced the superb cutaway. SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK V, AR501 was built in 1942 as […]
Karel Stastny – PoW
. The account of W/O Karel Šťastný, a pilot with 311 Sqn, as a Prisoner of War, by M. Vincent: Almost from the outset, Karel’s crew was to become acquainted […]
Karel Bednarik
. . . . Karel Bednařík . . * 19 December 1920 † 26 February 2011 . . . . . Karel Bednařík was born on 19 December 1920, in […]
Jaroslav Novak celebrates his 90th birthday
Plk. let. Jaroslav Novák slaví devadesát! Dne 6.6.2011 oslavil velké životní jubileum statečný voják, letec a úspěšný fotograf plk. let. Jaroslav Novák, žijící v Austrálii. On 6 June, 2011, Col. retd. […]
Bristol Beaufighter
History: As the 1930s proceeded, aeronautical technology was developing at a pace which numerous British companies had been unable to fully grasp. The Bristol Aeroplane Company had taken its […]
