2023, the 83rd anniversary of the infamous Battle of Britain which was fought over the skies of Great Britain between 10 July and 31 October 1940.
2940 Allied airmen fought in that Battle, 88 of whom were Czechoslovak. Their names are commemorated on the London Battle pf Britain Memorial
and also on the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall, at the National Battle of Britain Memorial, at Capel le Ferne, Kent.
By 31 October 1940, the last day of that Battle, 544 of those airmen had been killed, eight of them were Czechoslovaks.
The 88 Czechoslovak Battle of Britain pilots:
AMBRUŠ, Ján S/Ldr |
BARTOŠ, Jindřich P/O |
BERGMAN, Václav P/O |
BERNARD, FrantišekSgt |
BREJCHA, Václav Sgt |
BURDA, František P/O |
CUKR, Václav Sgt |
ČÍŽEK, Evžen P/O |
DOLEŽAL, František P/O |
DUDA, JosefP/O |
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 |
CHÁBERA, František Sgt |
JANOUCH, Svatopluk P/O |
JAŠKE, Josef P/O |
JÍCHA, Václav Sgt |
JIROUDEK, Miroslav Sgt |
KAŇA [Kania], Jozef F/Sgt |
KAUCKÝ, Jan Sgt |
KEPRT, Josef Sgt |
KESTLER, Oldřich Sgt |
KOMÍNEK, Josef Sgt |
KOPECKÝ, Miroslav Sgt |
KOPŘIVA, Josef Sgt |
KORDULA, František P/O |
KOUKAL, Josef Sgt |
KÖRBER, Karel 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 |
ROHÁČEK, Rudolf P/O |
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ŘECHKA, Josef Sgt |
STEHLÍK, Josef Sgt |
STŘIHAVKA, Jaromír Sgt |
ŠEDA, Karel Sgt |
ŠIKA, Jaroslav Sgt |
ŠLOUF, Václav Sgt |
ŠTEFAN, Jan Sgt |
ŠTĚRBÁČEK, Jaroslav P/O |
TRUHLÁŘ, Jan Sgt |
VAŠÁTKO, Alois P/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 F/O |
ZAORAL, Vladimír P/O |
ZAVORAL, Antonín Sgt |
ZIMA, Rudolf Sgt |
ZIMPRICH, Stanislav P/O |
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