Vilém JAKŠ
The Early Years Vilém ‘Vilda’ Jakš was born on 25 April 1910 at Bratčice, a small village, some 10 miles south of Brno in the southern Moravia region of what […]
Josef Pavelka – 311 Sqn Pilot
Pre WW2 Předválečné období Josef Pavelka was born on 23 September 1913 in Velké Pavlovice, one of six children. He attended the Air Force Vocational Training School at the military […]
Eduard Šimon – StB Victim
* 13.06.1915, Roudnice nad Labem. † 15.10.1949, Prague. The Early Years Eduard Šimon was born on 13 June 1915 in Roudnice nad Labem, a small town 25 miles north of […]
Jan Veselý
* 17.05.1906, Přehořov. † 16.10.1940, Pinner, UK. Pre WW2 Jan Veselý was born on 17 May 1906 in Přehořov, a small village some 60 miles south of Prague, into the […]
Bomber Command Memorial Ceremony – 28 June 2026.
On Sunday 28 June 2025, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund held their annual ceremony, at the Bomber Command Memorial, Green Park, London, to commemorates the 55,573 Allied airmen who […]
Pavel Svoboda
* 28.06.1916, Bohuslavice. † 08.01.1993, London, UK. Pre WW2 Raná léta Pavel Svoboda was born on 28 June 1916 to a large family in the village of Bohuslavice near Kyjov, […]
Operation Overlord – 82nd Anniversary
On the 82nd Anniversary of Operation Overloard [D-Day], remembering the Czechoslovak RAF airmen who were lost participating in the build up to that day and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. […]
Leo Anderle DFC
Pre WW2 Leo Anderle was born on 24 May 1913 in the small village of Nosálovice, part of Vyškov, in the southern region of Moravia, about 120 miles south east […]
