They Flew to Exile after 1950
Úlety do exilu po roce 1950 In the aftermath of the triple hijack of March 1950, the Communist Authorities, who themselves had been trained in the Soviet Union during WW2 […]
The Sky is Our Ocean
The Sky is Our Ocean by Bart M. Rijnhout and John P Rennison , A Dutch language book about 311 Sqn. A translation of the back covers details are: ‘The […]
German Occupation 1938
War was never declared between Czechoslovakia and Germany. At 01:30 on 30 September 1938 the Munich Agreement was signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain and Édouard Daladier the […]
They Flew to Exile 1950
Úlety do exilu v roce 1950 Time was now running out for the ex-RAF airmen many of whom knew that they were under observation from the Státní bezpečnost [StB] – […]
They Flew to Exile 1949
Úlety do exilu v roce 1949 By 1949 escaping by aircraft was becoming more difficult because many of the ex-RAF airmen serving in the Czechoslovak Air Force had been dismissed […]
Frantisek Navratil
František NAVRÁTIL * 13/07/1919 † 19/02/2011 _______________________________________________________________ With sadness we must advise that F/O František NAVRÁTIL [788228, 159262] WW2 Wireless Operator/Air Gunner with 311 Sqn. RAF died Saturday 19 February […]
They Flew to Exile 1948
Úlety do exilu v roce 1948 With the end of World War 2, the Czechoslovak RAF personnel were finally permitted to return to their homeland in August 1945 – some […]
Remembering their 100th
Czechoslovak RAF pilots who would celebrate their 100th birthday in 2011 January 1st Prchal Eduard F/Lt 310 pilot * 01/01/11, Dolní Břežany, nr Prague † 04/12/84, California, USA 22nd Klán […]
The Czechoslovak Depot
Little is written about the Czechoslovak Depot that was at Cosford during World War 2. Understandably it does not attract the same interest as the front line Czechoslovak Squadrons of […]
One Man and his Dog
One Man and his Dog by Anthony Richardson , This is the first book written about Jan (Vaclav) Bozdech and his dog Antis, who was the first non-British dog to […]
