Runnymede
During World War 2, 116,000 men and women, serving in the Royal Air Force or Commonwealth Air Forces, lost their lives and in many cases their graves are unknown. They […]
310 Czechoslovak Squadron
310 Czechoslovak Squadron 1940-1945 . .by Tomaš Polak . No.310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron was among the first of the foreign volunteer squadrons to be formed during the summer of 1940. In […]
Otto Smik
. * 20.01.1922,Boržom, Georgia. † 28.11.1944, Zwolle, Holland. The Early Years: Raná léta: Otto was born on 20 January 1922 in Caucasus, a Georgian Spa town in Boržom near Tiflis […]
Victims of Communism
Oběti komunismu The Yalta Conference of February 1945, was a meeting between the wartime heads of government to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe. Attending the meeting were Winston Churchill, […]
Czechs in the RAF
. .. Czechs in the RAF by Zdenek Hurt . . .. . . When the Nazi forces took Czechoslovakia in March 1939 many of the Czech airmen fled […]
Vickers Supermarine Spitfire
History: The Spitfire was the inspired design by Reginald J Mitchell, a young engineer who completed his apprenticeship in a Stoke-on-Trent locomotive works, in search of the stimulation offered […]
Mission Accomplished – Frantisek Mares
. . Mission Accomplished by Frank Mareš The Engaging Memoir Of A Czech Fighter Pilot flying for Britain in World War Two . ….… Appalled at the German occupation of […]
Josef Dygryn – One of the Few
Jeden z hrstky. * 06.03.1918, Prague. † 04.06.1942, English Channel, near Brest. The Early Years: Ranná léta: Josef Dygrýn was born on 6 March 1918, in Prague, the 6th son […]
Czechoslovak pilots in the Battle of Britain
Českoslovenští letci v Bitvě o Velkou Británii Following the German defeat of France in 1940, Hitler planned to invade Great Britain and the prelude to this invasion – Operation Sealion […]
310 Czechoslovak RAF Squadron
70th Anniversary 10th July 2010 the 70th Anniversary of the formation of 310 Squadron the first Czechoslovak Squadron in the Royal Air Force.
