On 10 July, the 82nd anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain.
2938 Allied airmen flow in that battle which was from 10 July 1940 to 31 October 1940, 88 of whom were Czechoslovak pilots. The names of all these Allied airmen are commemorated on on the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall
By 31 October 1940, the last day of that Battle, 544 of those airmen had been killed, eight of them were Czechoslovaks.
AMBRUŠ, Ján P/O |
BARTOŠ, Jindřich P/O |
BERGMAN, Václav P/O |
BERNARD, František Sgt |
BREJCHA, Václav Sgt |
BURDA, František P/O |
CHÁBERA, František Sgt |
ČÍŽEK, Evžen P/O |
CUKR, Václav Sgt |
DOLEŽAL, František P/O |
DUDA, Josef F/Lt |
DVOŘÁK, Alois Sgt |
DYGRÝN, Josef Sgt |
FAJTL, František P/O |
FECHTNER Emil P/O |
FEJFAR, Stanislav P/O |
FOGLAR, Václav Sgt |
FOIT, Emil P/O |
FRANTIŠEK, Josef Sgt |
FÜRST, Bohuslav Sgt |
GÖTH, Vilém, P/O |
HANUŠ, Josef Jan P/O |
HANZLÍČEK, Otto Sgt |
HESS, Alexander S/Ldr |
HIMR, Jaroslav P/O |
HLAVÁČ, Jaroslav Sgt |
HLOBIL, Alois P/O |
HORSKÝ, Vladimír Sgt |
HRADIL, František P/O |
HRUBÝ, Otakar Sgt |
HUBÁČEK, Josef Sgt |
HÝBLER, Josef P/O |
JANOUCH, Svatopluk P/O |
JAŠKE, Josef P/O |
JÍCHA, Václav Sgt |
JIROUDEK, Miroslav F/Sgt |
KAŇA [Kania], Jozef F/Sgt |
KAUCKÝ, Jan Sgt |
KEPRT, Josef Sgt |
KESTLER, Oldřich Sgt |
KOMÍNEK, Josef Sgt |
KOPECKÝ, Miroslav Sgt |
KOPŘIVA, Josef Sgt |
KÖRBER, Karel Sgt |
KORDULA, František P/O |
KOUKAL, Josef Sgt |
KRÁTKORUKÝ, Bedřich Sgt |
KREDBA, Miroslav P/O |
KUČERA, Jaroslav Sgt |
KUČERA, Jiří V. Sgt |
KUČERA, Otmar Sgt |
KUTTELWASCHER, Karel Sgt |
MACHÁČEK, Jiří P/O |
MALÝ, Jaroslav F/Lt |
MANSFELD, Miloslav Sgt |
MAREK, František Sgt |
MRÁZEK, Karel P/O |
PAVLŮ, Otto Sgt |
PÍPA, Josef Sgt |
PLZÁK, Stanislav Sgt |
PRCHAL, Eduard Sgt |
PŘÍHODA, Josef Sgt |
PTÁČEK, Rudolf Sgt |
PŮDA, Raimund Sgt |
ŘECHKA, Josef Sgt |
ROHÁČEK, Rudolf P/O |
RYPL, František P/O |
ŠEDA, Karel Sgt |
ŠIKA, Jaroslav Sgt |
ŠLOUF, Václav Sgt |
ŠTEFAN, Jan Sgt |
STEHLÍK, Josef Sgt |
ŠTĚRBÁČEK, Jaroslav P/O |
STŘIHAVKA, Jaromír Sgt |
TRUHLÁŘ, Jan Sgt |
VAŠÁTKO, Alois F/O |
VELEBNOVSKÝ, Antonín P/O |
VESELÝ, Vlastimil P/O |
VINDIŠ, František Sgt |
VOPÁLECKÝ, Josef Sgt |
VRÁNA, Adolf P/O |
VYBÍRAL, Tomáš P/O |
VYKOUKAL, Karel P/O |
WEBER, František P/O |
ZAORAL, Vladimír P/O |
ZAVORAL, Antonín Sgt |
ZIMA, Rudolf P/O |
ZIMPRICH, Stanislav P/O |
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Free Czechoslovak Air Force 
Their Courage and Sacrifice Will Never be Forgotten.
Bravo to them and all, as well as those who came afterwards.
“SUNDAY, July 10/2022@07:28-FREE CZECHOSLOVAK AIR FORCE: DOBRE RANO, AND HELL YES; BRAVO ZULU COMRADES, AND THEN SOME…W.W.II/1939-1945, AND THE COURAGEOUS CZECHOSLOVAKIAN’S…Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET!!!”
Poem by Rudyard Kipling.
“At the going down of the SUN, and in the MORNING; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!!!”
“THEY DID THEIR PART; TO FREE OCCUPIED EUROPE, FROM NAZISM AND TYRANNY; and TO KEEP THE REST OF THE ALLIED WORLD, SAFE AND FREE…WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!!!”
“Thank you for my FREEDOMS, YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN; Love, AND Yours Aye: Brian CANUCK Murza, W.W.II NAVAL RESEARCHER-PUBLISHED AUTHOR, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.”
Excellent photo gallery – always important to put faces to the names.
Thank you.